Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:18:

• Kupsabiny: “So I said, ‘I have become a useless thing
  my hope is lost.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So I say, "My splendor has been lost,
  and all that I had hoped for from the LORD."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “My honor is gone now and all that I had-hope-for from the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I continued to say to myself, ‘I no longer expect to live much longer;
  I no longer confidently expect to receive good things from Yahweh!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)