Where is it in the Bible?
Lamentations 3:22–23
22Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
In other translations
- ESV
- 22The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- NLT
- 22The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. 23Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
- CSB
- 22Because of the LORD's faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end. 23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!
- KJV
- 22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The surrounding passage
Lamentations 3:20–25, King James Version
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Context
Lamentations is a set of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586 BC, traditionally attributed to Jeremiah. Chapter 3 begins in deep personal anguish, then turns to hope at verse 21. The hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" draws on these verses.
About the book of Lamentations
Grief over fallen Jerusalem, yet mercy new every morning.
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