3:15), and the “poison” (cf. 3:5). God is called to remember them. The geber says that he certainly remembers them and his soul is downcast. The stanza not only looks back but also leads into vv. 22–24 with the words “This I remind my heart, therefore I wait hopefully.” But what does he remind his heart? To find out we have to read vv. 22–24. The prayer in 3:19 (“Remember my affliction and my wandering”) not only picks up on the earlier reference to the man’s “affliction” in 3:1 but also serves to