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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 20

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Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
King James Version
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
American Standard Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
New English Translation
I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
World English Bible
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21
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.
23
[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
24
The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
26
[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30
He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.