Lamentations 3:17-26

Great Is Your Faithfulness

17 my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness 1 is;
 18 g so I say, "My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord."

19 h Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
d the wormwood and i the gall!
 20 My soul continually remembers it
j and is bowed down within me.
 21 But this I call to mind,
and k therefore I have hope:

22 l The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; 2
l his mercies never come to an end;
 23 they are new m every morning;
n great is your faithfulness.
 24 o "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
k "therefore I will hope in him."

25 The Lord is good to those who p wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
 26 q It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 9:18
    For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
  2. Cross References
    Lamentations 1:9
    Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. "O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
    Lamentations 1:11
    All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. "Look, O Lord, and see, for I am despised.
    Lamentations 1:20
    Look, O Lord, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.
  3. Cross References
    Lamentations 3:15
    He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood.
  4. Cross References
    Lamentations 3:5
    He has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 42:6
    And my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
    Psalms 44:25
    For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 42:5
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
    Psalms 42:11
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
  7. Cross References
    Malachi 3:6
    For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
  8. Cross References
    Malachi 3:6
    For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
  9. Cross References
    Job 7:18
    Visit him every morning and test him every moment?
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 36:5
    Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 16:5
    The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
    Psalms 73:26
    My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  12. Cross References
    Lamentations 3:21
    But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 130:6
    My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
    Isaiah 30:18
    Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 130:5
    I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
    Psalms 130:7
    O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
    Micah 7:7
    But as for me, I will look to the Lord ; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
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