Lamentations 3:16-23

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.”

¹⁹ The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
    is wormwood and gall!^(A)
20 My soul continually thinks of it
    and is bowed down within me.^(B)
21 But this I call to mind,
    and therefore I have hope:

²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,^[a]
    his mercies never come to an end;^(C)
23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.^(D)