17 I have been deprived[a] of peace;(A)
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 Then I thought, “My future[b] is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.”

ז Zayin

19 Remember[c] my affliction and my homelessness,(B)
the wormwood and the poison.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 Syr, Vg; MT reads You deprived my soul
  2. 3:18 Or splendor
  3. 3:19 Or I remember

17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(A)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(B) and the gall.(C)

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