Lamentations 3:21-36

21— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

22It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

23they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

26It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

28He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

29he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

30he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.

31For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

32but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:

33for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

35to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

36to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?