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18 I cry out, “My splendor is gone!
    Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”

19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness
    is bitter beyond words.[a]
20 I will never forget this awful time,
    as I grieve over my loss.
21 Yet I still dare to hope
    when I remember this:

22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![b]
    His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
    his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:19 Or is wormwood and gall.
  2. 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.

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)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love(F) we are not consumed,(G)
    for his compassions never fail.(H)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.(I)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(J)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

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