Lamentations 3:14-22

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ I have become a ^(A)laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking ^(B)song all the day.
¹⁵ He has ^(C)filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drunk with wormwood.
¹⁶ He has ^(D)broken my teeth with ^(E)gravel;
He has made me cower in the ^(F)dust.
¹⁷ My soul has been rejected ^(G)from peace;
I have forgotten ^[a]happiness.
¹⁸ So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my ^(H)hope from the Lord.”

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my ^[b]wandering, the ^(I)wormwood and bitterness.
²⁰ Surely ^(J)my soul remembers
And is ^(K)bowed down within me.
²¹ This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have ^(L)hope.
²² The Lord’s ^(M)lovingkindnesses ^[c]indeed never cease,
^(N)For His compassions never fail.