Lamentations 3:17-27

English Standard Version

¹⁷my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness^[a] is;
¹⁸^(A)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”

¹⁹^(B)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(C)the wormwood and ^(D)the gall!
²⁰My soul continually remembers it
    ^(E)and is bowed down within me.
²¹But this I call to mind,
    and ^(F)therefore I have hope:

²²^(G)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[b]
    ^(H)his mercies never come to an end;
²³they are new ^(I)every morning;
    ^(J)great is your faithfulness.
²⁴^(K)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(L)“therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵The Lord is good to those who ^(M)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
²⁶^(N)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷^(O)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke ^(P)in his youth.