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This month's memory verse
21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
13He shot his arrows
deep into my heart.
14My own people laugh at me.
All day long they sing their mocking songs.
15He has filled me with bitterness
and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
16He has made me chew on gravel.
He has rolled me in the dust.
17Peace has been stripped away,
and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18I cry out, “My splendor is gone!
Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”
19The thought of my suffering and homelessness
is bitter beyond words.*
20I will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
21Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
22The faithful love of the Lord never ends!*
His mercies never cease.
23Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
25The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
27And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:
Lamentations 5
Prayer for Restoration
1Lord, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
19But Lord, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
20Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
21Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
22Or have you utterly rejected us?
Are you angry with us still?