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Lamentations 3:19-30
Contemporary English Version

19 Just thinking of my troubles
and my lonely wandering
    makes me miserable.
20 That's all I ever think about,
    and I am depressed.[a]
21 Then I remember something
    that fills me with hope.
22 The Lord's kindness never fails!
If he had not been merciful,
    we would have been destroyed.[b]
23 The Lord can always be trusted
    to show mercy each morning.
24 Deep in my heart I say,
“The Lord is all I need;
    I can depend on him!”

25 The Lord is kind to everyone
    who trusts and obeys him.
26 It is good to wait patiently
    for the Lord to save us.
27 When we are young,
    it is good to struggle hard
28 and to sit silently alone,
if this is what
    the Lord intends.
29 Being rubbed in the dirt
    can teach us a lesson;[c]
30 we can also learn from insults
    and hard knocks.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.20 I am depressed: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 3.22 destroyed: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 22.
  3. 3.29 lesson: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 29.
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Lamentations 3:19-30
New International Version

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(A) and the gall.(B)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(C) within me.(D)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

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

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(J)
26 it is good to wait quietly(K)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(L)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

28 Let him sit alone in silence,(M)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust(N)—
    there may yet be hope.(O)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,(P)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.(Q)

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