¹⁶ He has broken my teeth with gravel;^(A)
    he has trampled me in the dust.^(B)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
¹⁸ So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”^(C)

¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness^(D) and the gall.^(E)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast^(F) within me.^(G)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the Lord’s great love^(H) we are not consumed,^(I)
    for his compassions never fail.^(J)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.^(K)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;^(L)
    therefore I will wait for him.”