14. I am a joke to everyone—no one ever stopsmaking fun of me.
15. God has turned my life sour.
16. He made me eat graveland rubbed me in the earth.
17. I cannot find peaceor remember happiness.
18. I tell myself, “I am finished!I can't count on the Lordto do anything for me.”
19. Just thinking of my troublesand my lonely wanderingmakes me miserable.
20. That's all I ever think about,and I am depressed.
21. Then I remember somethingthat fills me with hope.
22. The Lord's kindness never fails!If he had not been merciful,we would have been destroyed.
23. The Lord can always be trustedto show mercy each morning.