New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 3:22-36

22 1The Lord’sH3068 2actsH2617 ofH2617 mercyH2617 indeedH3588 do not endH8552, 3For His compassionsH7356 do not failH3615.23They are newH2319 4every morningH1242; GreatH7227 is 5Your faithfulnessH530.24“The LordH3068 is my 6portionH2506,” saysH559 my soulH5315, “ThereforeH5921 H3651 I 7 8waitH3176 for Him.”25The LordH3068 is goodH2896 to those who 9 10awaitH6960 Him, To the 11personH5315 who 12seeksH1875 Him.26It is goodH2896 that he 13waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 to bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 14sitH3427 aloneH910 and keepH1826 quietH1826, SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 15putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 16dustH6083; PerhapsH194 thereH3426 isH3426 17hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 18cheekH3895 to the one who is going to strikeH5221 him; Let him be filledH7646 with shameH2781.31For the LordH136 will 19not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 20compassionH7355 In proportion to His abundantH7230 mercyH2617.33For He 21does not 22afflictH6031 23willinglyH4480 H3820 Or 24grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of mankindH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 25one’s feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 26landH776,35To 27depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 28justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 29 30defraudH5791 someoneH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 31approveH7200.

Notes

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