Lamentations 3:13-20

Common English Bible

¹³ He shot the arrows of his quiver into my inside parts.
¹⁴ I have become a joke to all my people, the object of their song of ridicule all day long.
¹⁵ He saturated me with grief, made me choke on bitterness.

¹⁶ He crushed my teeth into the gravel; he pressed me down into the ashes.
¹⁷ I’ve^[a] rejected peace; I’ve forgotten what is good.
¹⁸ I thought: My future is gone, as well as my hope from the Lord.

¹⁹ The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison.
²⁰ I^[b] can’t help but remember and am depressed.