Lamentations 3:20
20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Other Translations of Lamentations 3:20
King James Version
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled
English Standard Version
20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
The Message
20 I remember it all - oh, how well I remember - the feeling of hitting the bottom.
New King James Version
20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
New Living Translation
20 I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:20
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.