Lamentations 3:1-9

New Living Translation

Hope in the Lord’s Faithfulness

3 I am the one who has seen the afflictions
    that come from the rod of the Lord’s anger.
²He has led me into darkness,
    shutting out all light.
³He has turned his hand against me
    again and again, all day long.

⁴He has made my skin and flesh grow old.
    He has broken my bones.
⁵He has besieged and surrounded me
    with anguish and distress.
⁶He has buried me in a dark place,
    like those long dead.

⁷He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
    He has bound me in heavy chains.
⁸And though I cry and shout,
    he has shut out my prayers.
⁹He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;
    he has made my road crooked.

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Lamentations 3:19-24

New Living Translation

¹⁹The thought of my suffering and homelessness
    is bitter beyond words.^[a]
²⁰I will never forget this awful time,
    as I grieve over my loss.
²¹Yet I still dare to hope
    when I remember this:

²²The faithful love of the Lord never ends!^[b]
    His mercies never cease.
²³Great is his faithfulness;
    his mercies begin afresh each morning.
²⁴I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”