Lamentations 3:21

This and the previous v. are akin in thought to Psalms 42:4-5 (Hebrews 5:6), and, inasmuch as the words there corresponding to This I recallof the present passage have reference to that which follows, these words also are made (so Löhr and Pe.) to relate to the more hopeful thoughts that come in Lamentations 3:22 and onwards. But the structure of the poem, Lamentations 3:21 being the third (and last) of its group, and the previous context form an argument that the last words of Lamentations 3:20 are what the prophet recalls for his comfort. The humility arising from sin dwelt upon and acknowledged produces in due course a sense that contrition will be accepted and deliverance granted. Hence arises the change of tone in the section which follows.