Lamentations 3:20
My nefesh hath them still in remembrance, 1 and is downcast in me. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
In Context
19Remember mine oni (affliction) and my misery, 1 the sorrow and the trouble. 1
21This I recall to my lev, 1 therefore have I hope: 1
Cross References
Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, 1 and trembling taketh hold on my basar. 1
Psalms 42:11As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), 1 mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; 1 while they say all day long unto me, 1 Where is Eloheicha? 1
Psalms 44:25Why hidest Thou Thy face, 1 and forgettest our oni (misery, affliction) and our oppression? 1
Psalms 146:8Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim: 1 Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down: 1 Hashem loveth the tzaddikim: 1
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →