Lamentations 3:18
Context3:18 So I said, “My endurance has expired;
I have lost all hope of deliverance 1 from the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:24
Context3:24 “My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself, 2
so I will put my hope in him.
Lamentations 3:30
Context3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; 3
let him have his fill of insults.
1 tn Heb “and my hope from the
2 tn Heb “My soul said…” The term נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= my soul) for the whole person (= I ).
3 tn Heb “to the smiter.”