Lamentations 3:19 (KJV)

Passage

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

Lamentations 3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Lamentations 3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remembering", "mine", "affliction", "misery", "wormwood", and "gall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remembering" 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 said My strength and my..." into verse 20's "My soul hath them still in remembrance...", so "remembering" 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 "remembering" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.