Lamentations 3:13–24

13  He drove into my kidneys

zthe arrows of his quiver;

14  aI have become the laughingstock of all my people,1

bthe object of their taunts all day long.

15  cHe has filled me with bitterness;

he has sated me with dwormwood.

16  eHe has made my teeth grind on gravel,

and fmade me cower in ashes;

17  my soul is bereft of peace;

I have forgotten what happiness2 is;

18  gso I say, “My endurance has perished;

so has my hope from the Lord.”

19  hRemember my affliction and my wanderings,

dthe wormwood and ithe gall!

20  My soul continually remembers it

jand is bowed down within me.

21  But this I call to mind,

and ktherefore I have hope:

22  lThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;3

lhis mercies never come to an end;

23  they are new mevery morning;

ngreat is your faithfulness.

24  o“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

k“therefore I will hope in him.”