Lamentations 3:21

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

Lamentations 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:21

This I recall to my mind
Not affliction and misery, but the Lord's remembrance of his people; what he had been used to do, and would do again; and particularly what follows, the abundant mercy of God, and his great faithfulness; these things the prophet fetched back to his mind; and revolved them in his heart; says he, and therefore have I hope;
this revived his hope, which he was ready to say was perished from the Lord, and there was no foundation for it; but now he saw there was, and therefore took heart, and encouraged himself in the grace and mercy of God.

Lamentations 3:21 In-Context

19 Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.

20 I continually remember [them] and have become depressed.

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

22 [Because of] the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end.

23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!