Lamentations 3:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁶ He has made my teeth grind on gravel;
    he has made me cower in ashes;
¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness is;
¹⁸ so I say, “Gone is my glory
    and all that I had hoped for from the Lord.”