Lamentations 3:14–26

14 I have become a alaughingstock to all my people,

Their mocking bsong all the day.

15 He has afilled me with bitterness,

He has made me drunk with wormwood.

16 He has abroken my teeth with bgravel;

He has made me cower in the cdust.

17 My soul has been rejected afrom peace;

I have forgotten 1happiness.

18 So I say, “My strength has perished,

And so has my ahope from the Lord.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19 Remember my affliction and my 1wandering, the awormwood and bitterness.

20 Surely amy soul remembers

And is bbowed down within me.

21 This I recall to my mind,

Therefore I have ahope.

22 The Lord’s alovingkindnesses 1indeed never cease,

bFor His compassions never fail.

23 They are new aevery morning;

Great is bYour faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my aportion,” says my soul,

“Therefore I bhave hope in Him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who await for Him,

To the 1person who bseeks Him.

26 It is good that he awaits silently

For the salvation of the Lord.