Lamentations 3:13-26

New King James Version

¹³ He has caused ^(A)the ^[a]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my ^[b]loins.
¹⁴ I have become the ^(B)ridicule of all my people—
^(C)Their taunting song all the day.
^15 (D)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

¹⁶ He has also broken my teeth ^(E)with gravel,
And ^[c]covered me with ashes.
¹⁷ You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten ^[d]prosperity.
^18 (F)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and roaming,
^(G)The wormwood and the ^[e]gall.
²⁰ My soul still remembers
And ^[f]sinks within me.
²¹ This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have ^(H)hope.

^22 (I)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions ^(J)fail not.
²³ They are new ^(K)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my ^(L)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I ^(M)hope in Him!”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who ^(N)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
²⁶ It is good that one should ^(O)hope ^(P)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.