Lamentations 3:21

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

Lamentations 3:21 in Other Translations

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

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

21 Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:

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

21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

21 "The reason I can [still] find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind:

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

21 But here is something else I remember. And it gives me 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 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

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

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.

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