Lamentations 3:1-9

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Great Is Your Faithfulness

3 ^(A)I am the man who has seen affliction
    under the ^(B)rod of his wrath;
²he has driven and brought me
    ^(C)into darkness without any light;
³surely against me he turns his hand
    again and again the whole day long.

⁴He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    ^(D)he has broken my bones;
⁵^(E)he has besieged and enveloped me
    with ^(F)bitterness and tribulation;
⁶^(G)he has made me dwell in darkness
    like the dead of long ago.

⁷^(H)He has walled me about so that ^(I)I cannot escape;
    he has made my chains heavy;
⁸though ^(J)I call and cry for help,
    he shuts out my prayer;
⁹^(K)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
    he has made my paths crooked.

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Lamentations 3:19-33

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¹⁹^(A)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(B)the wormwood and ^(C)the gall!
²⁰My soul continually remembers it
    ^(D)and is bowed down within me.
²¹But this I call to mind,
    and ^(E)therefore I have hope:

²²^(F)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[a]
    ^(G)his mercies never come to an end;
²³they are new ^(H)every morning;
    ^(I)great is your faithfulness.
²⁴^(J)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(K)“therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵The Lord is good to those who ^(L)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
²⁶^(M)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷^(N)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke ^(O)in his youth.

²⁸Let him ^(P)sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;
²⁹^(Q)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;
³⁰^(R)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
    and let him be filled with insults.

³¹^(S)For the Lord will not
    cast off forever,
³²but, though he ^(T)cause grief, ^(U)he will have compassion
    ^(V)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
³³^(W)for he does not afflict from his heart
    or ^(X)grieve the children of men.