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

20 I well remember them,

and my soul is downcastp within me.q

21 Yet this I call to mind

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.”