Lamentations 3:17-29

New International Version

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.”^(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)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

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

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

²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,^(N)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
²⁹ Let him bury his face in the dust^(O)—
    there may yet be hope.^(P)