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Ekhah 3:19-30 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

19. Remember mine oni (affliction) and my misery, the sorrow and the trouble.

20. My nefesh hath them still in remembrance, and is downcast in me.

21. This I recall to my lev, therefore have I hope:

22. Because of the chasdei Hashem we are not consumed, for His rachamim fail not.

23. They are chadashim every boker; great is Thy faithfulness.

24. Hashem is my chelek, saith my nefesh; therefore in hope will I wait for Him.

25. Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, to the nefesh that seeketh Him.

26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the Teshu'at Hashem.

27. It is tov for a gever that he bear the ol (yoke) from his youth.

28. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

29. He putteth his mouth in the aphar; there may yet be tikvah.

30. He offereth his lekhi (cheek) to him that striketh him; he is filled full with reproach [Isa 50:6].

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