New American Standard Bible 1995

Lamentations 3:26-47

26It is goodH2896 that he 1waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he should bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 2sitH3427 aloneH910 and be silentH1826 SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 3putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 4dustH6083, PerhapsH194 thereH3426 is 5hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 6cheekH3895 to 7the smiterH5221, Let him be filledH7646 with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will 8not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 9compassionH7355 According to His abundantH7230 lovingkindnessH2617.33For He 10does not afflictH6031 11willinglyH4480 H3820 Or grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of menH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 His feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 12landH776,35To 13depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 14justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 15 16defraudH5791 a manH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 17approveH7200.37WhoH4310 is 18thereH2088 who speaksH559 and it 19comesH1961 to passH1961, UnlessH3808 the LordH136 has commandedH6680 it?38Is it not from the mouthH6310 of the MostH5945 HighH5945 That 20 21both goodH2896 and illH7463 goH3318 forthH3318?

39WhyH4100 should any livingH2416 22mortalH120, or any manH1397, OfferH596 23complaintH596 24in viewH5921 of his sinsH2399?40Let us 25examineH2664 and probeH2713 our waysH1870, And let us returnH7725 to the LordH3068.41We 26liftH5375 up our heartH3824 27and handsH3709 TowardH413 GodH410 in heavenH8064;42We have 28transgressedH6586 and rebelledH4784, You have 29not pardonedH5545.43You have coveredH5526 Yourself with 30angerH639 And 31pursuedH7291 us; You have slainH2026 and 32have not sparedH2550.44You have 33coveredH5526 Yourself with a cloudH6051 SoH4480 that 34noH4480 prayerH8605 can passH5674 throughH5674.45You have madeH7760 us mere 35offscouringH5501 and refuseH3973 In the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46AllH3605 our enemiesH340 have 36openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.47 37PanicH6343 and pitfallH6354 have befallenH1961 us, DevastationH7612 and destructionH7667;

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Notes

1. Lamentations 3:26 Ps 37:7 ↩
2. Lamentations 3:28 Jer 15:17 ↩
3. Lamentations 3:29 Lit give ↩
4. Lamentations 3:29 Job 16:15; 40:4 ↩
5. Lamentations 3:29 Jer 31:17 ↩
6. Lamentations 3:30 Job 16:10; Is 50:6 ↩
7. Lamentations 3:30 Lit his ↩
8. Lamentations 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
9. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
10. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
11. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
12. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
13. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
14. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
15. Lamentations 3:36 Lit make crooked ↩
16. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
17. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩
18. Lamentations 3:37 Lit this ↩
19. Lamentations 3:37 Ps 33:9-11 ↩
20. Lamentations 3:38 Lit the evil things and the good ↩
21. Lamentations 3:38 Job 2:10; Is 45:7; Jer 32:42 ↩
22. Lamentations 3:39 Or human being ↩
23. Lamentations 3:39 Jer 30:15; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5, 6 ↩
24. Lamentations 3:39 Or on the basis of ↩
25. Lamentations 3:40 Ps 119:59; 139:23, 24; 2 Cor 13:5 ↩
26. Lamentations 3:41 Ps 25:1; 28:2; 141:2 ↩
27. Lamentations 3:41 Lit toward our ↩
28. Lamentations 3:42 Neh 9:26; Jer 14:20; Dan 9:5 ↩
29. Lamentations 3:42 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 5:7, 9 ↩
30. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:21 ↩
31. Lamentations 3:43 Ps 83:15; Lam 3:66 ↩
32. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:2, 17, 21 ↩
33. Lamentations 3:44 Ps 97:2 ↩
34. Lamentations 3:44 Lam 3:8; Zech 7:13 ↩
35. Lamentations 3:45 1 Cor 4:13 ↩
36. Lamentations 3:46 Job 30:9, 10; Ps 22:6-8; Lam 2:16 ↩
37. Lamentations 3:47 Is 24:17, 18; Jer 48:43, 44 ↩

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