SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 3:17

3:17a My soul has been deprived of peace;

I cannot find peace (Contemporary English Version)
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Things no longer go well for me. (Translation for Translators)

3:17b I have forgotten what prosperity is.

or remember happiness. (Contemporary English Version)
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I’ve forgotten what good times are like. (New International Reader’s Version)
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It has been so very long since I was happy.

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