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Lamentations 3:20-30

20 I remember it all - oh, how well I remember - the feeling of hitting the bottom.

20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

21 But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

22 God's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up.

22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

23 They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

24 I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.

24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

25 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

26 It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God.

26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

27 It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times.

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

28 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.

28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.

29 Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.

29 Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.

30 Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst.

30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.