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Lamentations 3:18-28 TNIV/NIV - Online Parallel Bible

 
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18 So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD." 18 So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD."
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. 20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." 24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. 26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for people to bear the yoke while they are young. 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
28 Let them sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on them. 28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.