Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    the wormwood and the gall!

My soul continually remembers it
    and is bowed down within me.

But this I call to mind,
    and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”

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When my mom was recovering in the hospital after her fall, I used to call her and sing "Great is Thy Faithfulness" to her on the phone for a few minutes every day. When we actually read the passage where this comes from, a broken back seems like nothing. "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail."