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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 17

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He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
King James Version
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
American Standard Version
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
New English Translation
I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
World English Bible
You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22
[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
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The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
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[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.