Lamentations 3:20 (DBY)

Passage

My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:18 And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:19 Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:20 My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Lamentations 3:21 This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

Lamentations 3:22 It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "soul", "hath", "constantly", "remembrance", and "humbled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "soul" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering..." into verse 21's "This I recall to heart therefore have...", so "soul" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "soul" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.