Lamentations 3:14-26

New International Version

¹⁴ I became the laughingstock^(A) of all my people;^(B)
    they mock me in song^(C) all day long.
¹⁵ He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.^(D)

¹⁶ He has broken my teeth with gravel;^(E)
    he has trampled me in the dust.^(F)
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.”^(G)

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

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

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