Lamentations 3:19–33

ז Zayin

¹⁹Remember^F my affliction and my homelessness,^m

the wormwood and the poison.ⁿ

²⁰I continually remember them

and have become depressed.^Go

²¹Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope:^p

ח Cheth

²²Because of the Lord’s faithful love^q

we do not perish,^H

for his mercies never end.

²³They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness!^r

²⁴I say, “The Lord is my portion,^s

therefore I will put my hope in him.”

ט Teth

²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait^t for him,

to the person who seeks him.

²⁶It is good to wait quietly^u

for salvation from the Lord.^v

²⁷It is good for a man to bear the yoke^w

while he is still young.

י Yod

²⁸Let him sit alone and be silent,^x

for God has disciplined^I him.

²⁹Let him put his mouth in the dust^y —

perhaps there is still hope.

³⁰Let him offer his cheek

to the one who would strike him;^z

let him be filled with disgrace.

כ Kaph

³¹For the Lord

will not reject us forever.

³²Even if he causes suffering,

he will show compassion

according to the abundance of his faithful love.^aa

³³For he does not enjoy bringing affliction^ab

or suffering on mankind.