Lamentations 3:19 (GNV)

Passage

Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:17 Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Lamentations 3:18 And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,

Lamentations 3:19 Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:20 My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Lamentations 3:21 I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remembring", "mine", "affliction", "mourning", "wormewood", and "gall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remembring" and "mine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And I saide My strength and mine..." into verse 20's "My soule hath them in remembrance and...", so "remembring" and "mine" 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 "remembring" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.