Lamentations 3:13-24

English Standard Version

¹³ He drove into my kidneys
    ^(A)the arrows of his quiver;
^14 (B)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
    ^(C)the object of their taunts all day long.
^15 (D)He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with ^(E)wormwood.

^16 (F)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
    and ^(G)made me cower in ashes;
¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness^[a] is;
^18 (H)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

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

^22 (N)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^{[b]
    (O)}his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new ^(P)every morning;
    ^(Q)great is your faithfulness.
^24 (R)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(S)“therefore I will hope in him.”