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20 I will never forget this awful time,
    as I grieve over my loss.
21 Yet I still dare to hope
    when I remember this:

22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
    His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
    his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”

25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
    to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
    for salvation from the Lord.
27 And it is good for people to submit at an early age
    to the yoke of his discipline:

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.

20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(A) within me.(B)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

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

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(H)
26 it is good to wait quietly(I)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(J)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

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