“"My soul is bereft of peace." Here is assumed a rejection: "My soul is bereft": of God's divine mercy. Like Psalm 89:39 declares: "Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown in the dust." "I have forgotten what happiness is." Namely, due to the experience of evils. For, Sirach 11:27…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
— Lamentations 3:17 —
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.