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Lamentations 3:24

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3:24“My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself,57

so I will put my hope in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 57 Heb “My soul said …” The term נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= my soul) for the whole person (= I).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

“therefore I will hope in him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

therefore I will wait for him.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I say, “The Lord is my portion,

therefore I will put my hope in him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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

therefore, I will hope in him!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Yahweh is my portion,”

says my soul,

“Thus I will hope on him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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