Lamentations 3:21 (DBY)

Passage

This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

Nearby Context

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;

Lamentations 3:23 they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "recall", "heart", "therefore", and "hope". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "recall" and "heart", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "My soul hath them constantly in remembrance..." into verse 22's "It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are...", so "recall" and "heart" 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 "recall" and "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.