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New International Version NIV
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
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I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
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I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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;
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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.
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it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
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It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
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Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
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Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.