Lamentations 3

19 Remember [O Lord] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).

20 My soul continually remembers them
And is bowed down within me.

21 But this I call to mind,
Therefore I have hope.

22 It is because of the Lord’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;
Great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul;
“Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him,
To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].

26 It is good that one waits quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke [of godly discipline] in his youth.

28 Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet,
Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit].

29 Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness];
There may yet be hope.