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Lamentations 3:20

Old Testament Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Lamentations 3:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Lamentations 3:20 — American Standard Version

Context — Lamentations 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
22[It is of] Jehovah`s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, etc.] That is, according to our version, affliction and misery, compared to wormwood and gall: but the words, “my soul”, are fetched from the next clause, where they ought to stand, and this to be rendered, “in remembering thou wilt remember” f67; or, “thou wilt surely remember”, and so expresses the confidence of the prophet, and his firm belief, his faith and hope increasing in prayer, that God would in much mercy remember his people, and their afflictions, and save them out of them: and is humbled in me; both under the afflicting hand of God, and in view and hope of his mercy: though rather it should be rendered, “and” or “for my soul meditateth…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“As often as my soul calls them to remembrance, it is humbled or bowed down in me.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“hath: Job 21:6 humbled: Heb. bowed, Psa 42:5, Psa 42:6, Psa 42:11, Psa 43:5, Psa 146:8 Lamentations 3:21”
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