Lamentations 3:17-29

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷ My life has been removed from peace,
    I have forgotten goodness.
¹⁸ And I have said, “My glory is ruined,
    my expectation from Yahweh.”
¹⁹ Remember my misery and bitterness,
    the wormwood^[a] and venom!
²⁰ Surely my soul remembers
    and bows down within me.
²¹ This I have reminded myself,^[b]
    therefore I will hope.
²² The loyal love of Yahweh does not cease;
    his compassions do not come to an end.
²³ They are new in the morning,
    great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ “Yahweh is my portion,”
    says my soul,
        “Thus I will hope on him.”
²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait on him,
    to the person that seeks him.
²⁶ It is good to wait in silence
    for the salvation of Yahweh.
²⁷ It is good for a man who carries
    the yoke of his childhood.
²⁸ Let him sit alone and be silent
    when he^[c] has laid it on him.
²⁹ Let him put^[d] his mouth in the dust;
    perhaps there is hope.