Lamentations 3:13–24
13 He piercede my heart
with arrows from his quiver.f
14 I became the laughingstockg of all my people;h
they mock me in songi all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
and given me gall to drink.j
16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;k
he has trampled me in the dust.l
17 I have been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”m
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitternessn and the gall.o
and my soul is downcastp within me.q
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great lover we are not consumed,s
for his compassions never fail.t
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.u
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;v
therefore I will wait for him.”