Lamentations 3:1-9, Lamentations 3:19-33 - ESV Online

LAMENTATIONS 3:1-9

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Great Is Your Faithfulness

3:1

I am the man who has seen affliction

under the rod of his wrath; 2

he has driven and brought me

into darkness without any light; 3

surely against me he turns his hand

again and again the whole day long.
4

He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;

he has broken my bones; 5

he has besieged and enveloped me

with bitterness and tribulation; 6

he has made me dwell in darkness

like the dead of long ago.
7

He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;

he has made my chains heavy; 8

though I call and cry for help,

he shuts out my prayer; 9

he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;

he has made my paths crooked.

LAMENTATIONS 3:19-33

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Remember my affliction and my wanderings,

the wormwood and the gall! 20

My soul continually remembers it

and is bowed down within me. 21

But this I call to mind,

and therefore I have hope:
22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

his mercies never come to an end; 23

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness. 24

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

“therefore I will hope in him.”
25

The Lord is good to those who wait for him,

to the soul who seeks him. 26

It is good that one should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord. 27

It is good for a man that he bear

the yoke in his youth.
28

Let him sit alone in silence

when it is laid on him; 29

let him put his mouth in the dust—

there may yet be hope; 30

let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.
31

For the Lord will not

cast off forever, 32

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion

according to the abundance of his steadfast love; 33

for he does not afflict from his heart

or grieve the children of men.

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