17 My soul has been excluded (A)from peace;
I have forgotten [a]happiness.
18 So I say, “My [b]strength has failed,
And so has my (B)hope from the Lord.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19 Remember my misery and my homelessness, the (C)wormwood and [c]bitterness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good
  2. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor
  3. Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison

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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