Lamentations 3
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Lamentations 3:22-36

22The Lord’sH3068 1lovingkindnessesH2617 2indeedH3588 neverH3808 ceaseH8552, 3For His compassionsH7356 neverH3808 failH3615.23They are newH2319 4every morningH1242; GreatH7227 is 5Your faithfulnessH530.24“The LordH3068 is my 6portionH2506,” saysH559 my soulH5315, “ThereforeH5921H3651 I 7haveH3176 hopeH3176 in Him.”25The LordH3068 is goodH2896 to those who 8waitH6960 for Him, To the 9personH5315 who 10seeksH1875 Him.26It is goodH2896 that he 11waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he should bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 12sitH3427 aloneH910 and be silentH1826 SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 13putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 14dustH6083, PerhapsH194 thereH3426 is 15hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 16cheekH3895 to 17the smiterH5221, Let him be filledH7646 with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will 18not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 19compassionH7355 According to His abundantH7230 lovingkindnessH2617.33For He 20does not afflictH6031 21willinglyH4480H3820 Or grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of menH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 His feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 22landH776,35To 23depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 24justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 2526defraudH5791 a manH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 27approveH7200.

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Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 3:22 Ps 78:38; Jer 3:12; 30:11 ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 3:22 Or that we are not consumed ↩
  3. 3. Lamentations 3:22 Mal 3:6 ↩
  4. 4. Lamentations 3:23 Is 33:2; Zeph 3:5 ↩
  5. 5. Lamentations 3:23 Heb 10:23 ↩
  6. 6. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 16:5; 73:26 ↩
  7. 7. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 33:18 ↩
  8. 8. Lamentations 3:25 Ps 27:14; Is 25:9 ↩
  9. 9. Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul ↩
  10. 10. Lamentations 3:25 Is 26:9 ↩
  11. 11. Lamentations 3:26 Ps 37:7 ↩
  12. 12. Lamentations 3:28 Jer 15:17 ↩
  13. 13. Lamentations 3:29 Lit give ↩
  14. 14. Lamentations 3:29 Job 16:15; 40:4 ↩
  15. 15. Lamentations 3:29 Jer 31:17 ↩
  16. 16. Lamentations 3:30 Job 16:10; Is 50:6 ↩
  17. 17. Lamentations 3:30 Lit his ↩
  18. 18. Lamentations 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
  19. 19. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
  20. 20. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
  21. 21. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
  22. 22. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
  23. 23. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
  24. 24. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
  25. 25. Lamentations 3:36 Lit make crooked ↩
  26. 26. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
  27. 27. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩

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