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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17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

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17 Y mi alma se alejó de la paz, me olvidé del bien,

18 Y dije: Perecieron mis fuerzas, y mi esperanza en Jehová.

19 Acuérdate de mi aflicción y de mi abatimiento, del ajenjo y de la hiel;

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17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [a]prosperity.
18 (A)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”

19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
(B)The wormwood and the [b]gall.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good
  2. Lamentations 3:19 bitterness