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 [a]gall.
20 My soul still remembers
And [b]sinks within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:19 bitterness
  2. Lamentations 3:20 Lit. bowed down

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)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(D) within me.(E)

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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!
20 My soul continually remembers it
    (E)and is bowed down within me.

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