19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
19 Remembering
19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!
19 I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.
19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.
19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled
20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
20 I remember it all - oh, how well I remember - the feeling of hitting the bottom.
20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
20 I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:19
Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.