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Lamentations 3:16-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

16. He has made me eat gravel,trampled me into the dust;

17. My life is deprived of peace,I have forgotten what happiness is;

18. My enduring hope, I said,has perished before the Lord.

19. The thought of my wretched homelessnessis wormwood and poison;

20. Remembering it over and over,my soul is downcast.

21. But this I will call to mind;therefore I will hope:

22. The Lord’s acts of mercy are not exhausted,his compassion is not spent;

23. They are renewed each morning—great is your faithfulness!

24. The Lord is my portion, I tell myself,therefore I will hope in him.

25. The Lord is good to those who trust in him,to the one that seeks him;

26. It is good to hope in silencefor the Lord’s deliverance.

27. It is good for a person, when young,to bear the yoke,

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