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Lamentations 3:21-26
New International Version
Lamentations 3:21-26
New International Version
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
Lamentations 3:21-27
The Message
Lamentations 3:21-27
The Message
It’s a Good Thing to Hope for Help from God
19-21 I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,
the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed.
I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—
the feeling of hitting the bottom.
But there’s one other thing I remember,
and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22-24 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.
25-27 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
It’s a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from God.
It’s a good thing when you’re young
to stick it out through the hard times.
Lamentations 3:21-26
Amplified Bible
Lamentations 3:21-26
Amplified Bible
21
But this I call to mind,
Therefore I have hope.
22
It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.(A)
23
They are new every morning;
Great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.(B)
24
“The Lord is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul;
“Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.”(C)
25
The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him,
To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].
26
It is good that one waits quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:21-26
New Living Translation
Lamentations 3:21-26
New Living Translation
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.
Footnotes
- 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.
Lamentations 3:21-26
New King James Version
Lamentations 3:21-26
New King James Version
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (A)hope.
22 (B)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (C)fail not.
23 They are new (D)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (E)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (F)hope in Him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who (G)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (H)hope (I)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
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