Lamentations 3:20 (GNV)

Passage

My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:22 It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Remembring mine affliction and my mourning the..." into verse 21's "I consider this in mine heart therefore...", so "soule" 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 "soule" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.