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Lamentations 3:22-23

耶利米哀歌 3:22-23

The Passage

It is because of the LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions don't fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

In the other language

我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱，是因他的怜悯不致断绝。每早晨这都是新的。你的诚实极其广大！

Theme

New every morning

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Morning does not erase everything that happened yesterday. This passage speaks of renewed compassion in the midst of lament, so its hope does not depend on pretending that life is easy. It does not explain how to manage your workload; it offers language for receiving mercy while you are still tired. Under pressure, you may wake already measuring yourself against unfinished tasks or yesterday's mistakes. These words invite a different beginning: remembering the loving kindness and faithfulness they describe before taking up your responsibilities. You do not have to deny your limits to pray. These words do not explain how to manage your workload. Where in your workday might you pause to receive God's compassion rather than measure yourself only by what remains undone?

Carry thisThere is room for compassion before the day's work begins.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Morning gives this passage its quiet rhythm: compassion is spoken of as new, and faithfulness as great. These words arise in lament, so they do not require you to pretend that pain or failure is absent. For your wish to love better, they offer a way to contemplate mercy without treating yesterday's mistakes as your whole identity. You can acknowledge what you did, listen to its effect, and make a sincere repair without demanding immediate forgiveness. Newness does not erase responsibility; it leaves room to practice differently. You need not settle every difficulty at once. This passage does not offer relationship advice. Which part of your wish to love better might find room to grow as you receive God's compassion today?

Carry thisA fresh beginning can include responsibility for yesterday's hurt.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Morning matters in this passage: compassion is described as new, while faithfulness remains its foundation. These words do not name a specific burden you must release, but they offer something to consider when yesterday keeps occupying today. You may need to make amends, keep a commitment, or grieve a loss; letting go does not erase those realities. Yet carrying responsibility is different from rehearsing condemnation without end. The passage gives you language for mercy alongside the weight of what has happened. You do not have to manufacture a fresh start to sit with that language. This passage does not name what you should release. How might you carry yesterday's responsibilities alongside compassion that is new this morning?

Carry thisResponsibility and self-punishment are not the same burden.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Although this passage does not directly explain how to find stillness, you can linger with its picture of compassion renewed each morning, before the day's demands gather around you. You do not have to make yourself calm enough to deserve God's loving kindness; these words place the emphasis on his faithfulness, not on how well you manage your time or attention. A brief pause beside your bed, at the sink, or before opening your messages can become a place to receive that kindness without needing to accomplish anything. Morning gives you another beginning: what might change if your first quiet moment were for receiving compassion rather than preparing to perform?

Carry thisA morning pause can hold compassion instead of self-assessment.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Lamentations 3 — in context

16He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

17You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

18I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from the LORD.

19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.

23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

24The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

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