Refrain:
All Great is your faithfulness, O Lord.
1 Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? ♦
Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
2 Which was brought upon me, ♦
which the Lord inflicted
on the day of his fierce anger.
3 For these things I weep;
my eyes flow with tears; ♦
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my courage.
4 Remember my affliction and my bitterness, ♦
the wormwood and the gall!
5 But this I call to mind, ♦
and therefore I have hope:
6 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ♦
his mercies never come to an end;
7 They are new every morning; ♦
great is your faithfulness.
8 ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ♦
‘therefore I will hope in him.’
9 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, ♦
to the soul that seeks him.
10 It is good that we should wait quietly ♦
for the salvation of the Lord.
11 For the Lord will not reject for ever; ♦
though he causes grief, he will have compassion,
12 According to the abundance of his steadfast love; ♦
for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone.
Lamentations 1.12, 16a,b; 3.19,21-26,31-33
All Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
All Great is your faithfulness, O Lord.
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