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Lamentations 3:21–26

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21Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope: a

ח Khet

22Because of the Lord’s faithful love b

we do not perish, c

for His mercies never end.

23They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness! d

24I say: The Lord is my portion, e

therefore I will put my hope in Him.

ט Tet

25The Lord is good to those who wait ffor Him,

to the person who seeks Him.

26It is good to wait quietly g

for deliverance from the Lord. h

Read in Logos
Lamentations 3:22–23: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Footnotes

  1. c3:22 One Hb , Syr, read The Lord’s faithful love, indeed, does not perish

Cross references

  1. a3:21 Jb 13:15; Ps 33:22; 71:14; 130:5; Mc 7:7
  2. b3:22 Ps 89:1; 103:17; Is 63:7
  3. d3:23 Ps 36:5; 89:1–8; 100:5
  4. e3:24 Nm 18:20; Ps 73:26; 142:5; Jr 10:16
  5. f3:25 Ps 25:3; Is 40:31; 49:23
  6. g3:26 Ps 37:7; 130:5, 7; 1Th 5:10; 2Tm 4:8; 2Pt 3:14
  7. h3:26 Ps 37:39; 119:81; Is 46:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But this I call to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

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

“therefore I will hope in him.”

The Lord is good to those who wait for him,

to the soul who seeks him.

It is good that one should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Yet this I call to mind

and therefore I have hope:

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;

therefore I will wait for him.”

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,

to the one who seeks him;

it is good to wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

Because of the Lord’s faithful love

we do not perish,

for his mercies never end.

They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness!

I say, “The Lord is my portion,

therefore I will put my hope in him.”

The Lord is good to those who wait for him,

to the person who seeks him.

It is good to wait quietly

for salvation from the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet I still dare to hope

when I remember this:

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!

His mercies never cease.

Great is his faithfulness;

his mercies begin afresh each morning.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;

therefore, I will hope in him!”

The Lord is good to those who depend on him,

to those who search for him.

So it is good to wait quietly

for salvation from the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

This I have reminded myself,

therefore I will hope.

The loyal love of Yahweh does not cease;

his compassions do not come to an end.

They are new in the morning,

great is your faithfulness.

“Yahweh is my portion,”

says my soul,

“Thus I will hope on him.”

Yahweh is good to those who wait on him,

to the person that seeks him.

It is good to wait in silence

for the salvation of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.