Lamentations 3 · Verse 21

Lamentations 3:21

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

Lamentations 3:21 in other translations

BSBYet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
WEBThis I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
ASVThis I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
YLTThis I turn to my heart--therefore I hope.
DARBY— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
BBEThis I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
WebsterThis I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

What does Lamentations 3:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:19-21

19-21. This gives the reason why he gave way to the temptation to despair. The Margin, "Remember" does not suit the sense so well. wormwood ... gall--(Jr 9:15).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort and satisfaction, to hope and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. Afflictions do and will work very much for good: many have found it good to bear this yoke in their youth; it has made many humble and serious, and has weaned them from the world, who otherwise would have been proud and unruly. If tribulation work patience, that patience will work experience, and that experience a hope that makes not ashamed. Due thoughts of the evil of sin, and of our own sinfulness, will convince us that it is of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed. If we cannot say with unwavering voice, The Lord is my portion; may we not say, I desire to have Him for my portion and salvation, and in his word do I hope? Happy shall we be, if we learn to receive affliction as laid upon us by the hand of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Lamentations 3:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063
אָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivI bring backH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
לִבִּ֖יli.Biheart myH3820
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֥ןken-foreH3651
אוֹחִֽיל\׃\ \ס'o.ChilI will waitH3176

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:21

  • Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  • Psalms 130:7

    Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

  • Psalms 77:7-11

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. …

  • Lamentations 3:24-29

    The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. …

  • Psalms 119:81

    כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
recall to my mind. Heb. make to return to my heart.
Ps 77:7-11
therefore.
24-29; Ps 119:81; 130:7; Hab 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Lamentations 3:22

    It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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Lamentations 3:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Esto reduciré á mi corazón, por lo cual esperaré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je rappelle ceci à mon cœur, c’est pourquoi j’ai espérance:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dies will ich mir zu Herzen nehmen, darum will ich hoffen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.