20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,(A)

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20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,(A)

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Hope through God’s Mercy

א Aleph

I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

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[a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.