18 Then I thought: My future[a] is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

ז Zayin

19 Remember[b] my affliction and my homelessness,(A)
the wormwood and the poison.(B)
20 I continually remember them
and have become depressed.[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor
  2. Lamentations 3:19 Or I remember
  3. Lamentations 3:20 Ancient Jewish tradition reads and You cause me to collapse

18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(A)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(B) and the gall.(C)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(D) within me.(E)

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