Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
WEB
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
YLT
My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
DBT
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC