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Lamentations 3:13-26
New American Standard Bible

13 He made the [a]arrows of His (A)quiver
Enter my [b]inward parts.
14 I have become a (B)laughingstock to all my people,
Their (C)song of ridicule all the day.
15 He has (D)filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.
16 He has also (E)made my teeth grind with (F)gravel;
He has made me cower in the (G)dust.
17 My soul has been excluded (H)from peace;
I have forgotten [c]happiness.
18 So I say, “My [d]strength has failed,
And so has my (I)hope from the Lord.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19 Remember my misery and my homelessness, the (J)wormwood and [e]bitterness.
20 (K)My soul certainly remembers,
And [f]is (L)bent over within me.
21 I recall this to my mind,
Therefore I [g](M)wait.
22 [h]The Lord’s (N)acts of mercy indeed do not end,
(O)For His compassions do not fail.
23 They are new (P)every morning;
Great is (Q)Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (R)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I [i](S)wait for Him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who [j](T)await Him,
To the [k]person who (U)seeks Him.
26 It is good that he (V)waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons
  2. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys
  3. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good
  4. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor
  5. Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison
  6. Lamentations 3:20 Or bows down
  7. Lamentations 3:21 Lit have hope
  8. Lamentations 3:22 As in ancient versions; MT It is...mercy that we do not end
  9. Lamentations 3:24 Or hope in
  10. Lamentations 3:25 Or hope in
  11. Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul
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Lamentations 3:13-26
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13 He pierced(A) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.(B)
14 I became the laughingstock(C) of all my people;(D)
    they mock me in song(E) all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(F)

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(G)
    he has trampled me in the dust.(H)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(I)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(J) and the gall.(K)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(L) within me.(M)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love(N) we are not consumed,(O)
    for his compassions never fail.(P)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.(Q)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(R)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(S)
26 it is good to wait quietly(T)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(U)

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