Lamentations 3:10-20

English Standard Version

^10 (A)He is a bear lying in wait for me,
    a lion in hiding;
^11 (B)he turned aside my steps and ^(C)tore me to pieces;
    ^(D)he has made me desolate;
^12 (E)he bent his bow ^(F)and set me
    as a target for his arrow.

¹³ He drove into my kidneys
    ^(G)the arrows of his quiver;
^14 (H)I have become the laughingstock of all my people,^{[a]
    (I)}the object of their taunts all day long.
^15 (J)He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with ^(K)wormwood.

^16 (L)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
    and ^(M)made me cower in ashes;
¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness^[b] is;
^18 (N)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

^19 (O)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(P)the wormwood and ^(Q)the gall!
²⁰ My soul continually remembers it
    ^(R)and is bowed down within me.