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Lamentations 3:26-47

26It is goodH2896 that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvationH8668 of Jehovah.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he bearH5375 the yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him sitH3427 aloneH910 and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.29Let him putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the dustH6083, if so be there may be hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his cheekH3895 to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will not cast off for everH5769.32For though he cause griefH3013, yet will he have compassionH7355 according to the multitudeH7230 of his lovingkindnesses.33For he doth not afflictH6031 willingly, nor grieve the children of menH376.34To crushH1792 under footH7272 all the prisonersH615 of the earthH776,35To turnH5186 asideH5186 the rightH4941 of a manH1397 before the faceH6440 of the Most High,36To subvert a manH120 in his causeH7379, the LordH136 approveth not.37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the LordH136 commandeth it not?38Out of the mouthH6310 of the Most High cometh there not evilH7451 and goodH2896?39Wherefore doth a living manH120 complainH596, a manH120 for the punishment of his sinsH2399?40Let us searchH2713 and try our waysH1870, and turnH7725 again to Jehovah.41Let us liftH5375 up our heartH3824 with our handsH3709 unto GodH410 in the heavensH8064.42We have transgressedH6586 and have rebelledH4784; thou hast not pardoned.43Thou hast covered with angerH639 and pursuedH7291 us; thou hast slainH2026, thou hast not pitied.44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloudH6051, so that no prayerH8605 can passH5674 through.45Thou hast madeH7760 us an offscouring and refuse in the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46All our enemiesH341 have openedH6475 their mouthH6310 wide against us.47FearH6343 and the pitH6354 areH1961 come upon us, devastation and destructionH7667.

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