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Lamentations 3:19-26

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Lamentations 3:19-26

19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.

20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

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

22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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A few questions for reading in context
  • Who is speaking, and to whom?
  • What is happening before and after this passage?
  • What kind of writing is this—poetry, narrative, letter, or another form?
  • What does the passage say before I consider how to apply it?