; ). "Renew our days as of old": a request for "restoration" (compare ; ; ; ). Verse 22 KJV: But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. NKJV: Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us! Verse 22 in Hebrew Masoretic text (from right to left) כי אם־מאס מאסתנו קצפת עלינו עד־מאד׃ Transliteration: - , . In many manuscripts and for Synagogue use, Lamentations 5:21 is repeated after verse 22, so that the reading does not end with a painful statement, a practice which is also performed for the last verse of Isaiah, Ecclesiastes, and Malachi, "so that the reading in the Synagogue might close with words of comfort". See also Jacob Judah Jerusalem Zion Related Bible parts: Psalm 30, Isaiah 1, Jeremiah 3, Jeremiah 4 Notes References Sources External links Jewish Lamentations 5 Hebrew with Parallel English Lamentations 5 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary Christian Lamentations 5 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate 05