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Lamentations 3:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

20 Remembering it over and over,
    my soul is downcast.
21 But this I will call to mind;[a]
    therefore I will hope:

22 The Lord’s acts of mercy are not exhausted,
    his compassion is not spent;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:21–24 In the midst of a description of suffering, the speaker offers this brief but compelling statement of hope in God’s ultimate mercy. It is a hard-won and precarious hope, nearly submerged by the volume and intensity of the surrounding lament, but it is hope nonetheless.
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