Orthodox Jewish Bible

Ekhah 3:18-27 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

18. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from Hashem;

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.