Lamentations / Question
Lamentations says the LORD’s steadfast love and mercies do not come to an end and are new every morning. It concludes, “Great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22–23).
In Lamentations 3:21–24, the speaker makes a deliberate mental turn: instead of staying with pain, he chooses to recall something specific about Yahweh’s steady care. That remembered truth becomes the reason he can still expect good ahead. He says they have not been wiped out because Yahweh’s loyal love and compassion do not run out. These lines sit inside a long first-person poem in chapter 3 where the speaker describes severe suffering, confusion, and a sense of being hemmed in, then pivots toward renewed expectation. The shift is signaled by “This I recall,” which marks a move from describing what has happened to choosing what to dwell on.
These verses describe a conscious shift in attention. The speaker “recalls” something specific about Yahweh, and that remembered truth becomes the stated reason he has hope (verse 21).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Lamentations 3:22-23, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
22[It is of] Yahweh`s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn`t fail.
23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.