New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 3:26-47

26It is goodH2896 that he 1waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 to bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 2sitH3427 aloneH910 and keepH1826 quietH1826, SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 3putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 4dustH6083; PerhapsH194 thereH3426 isH3426 5hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 6cheekH3895 to the one who is going to strikeH5221 him; Let him be filledH7646 with shameH2781.31For the LordH136 will 7not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 8compassionH7355 In proportion to His abundantH7230 mercyH2617.33For He 9does not 10afflictH6031 11willinglyH4480 H3820 Or 12grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of mankindH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 13one’s feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 14landH776,35To 15depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 16justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 17 18defraudH5791 someoneH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 19approveH7200.37WhoH4310 is 20thereH2088 who speaksH559 and it 21comesH1961 toH1961 passH1961, UnlessH3808 the LordH136 has commandedH6680 it?38Is it not from the mouthH6310 of the MostH5945 HighH5945 That 22 23both adversityH7463 and goodH2896 proceedH3318?

39Of whatH4100 can any livingH2416 24mortalH120, or any manH1397, 25ComplainH596 26inH5921 viewH5921 ofH5921 his sinsH2399?40Let’s 27examineH2664 and searchH2713 outH2713 our waysH1870, And let’s returnH7725 to the LordH3068.41We 28raiseH5375 our heartH3824 29and handsH3709 TowardH413 GodH410 in heavenH8064;42We have 30doneH6586 wrongH6586 and rebelledH4784; You have 31not pardonedH5545.43You have coveredH5526 Yourself with 32angerH639 And 33pursuedH7291 us; You have slainH2026 and 34have not sparedH2550.44You have 35veiledH5526 Yourself with a cloudH6051 SoH4480 thatH4480 36noH4480 prayerH8605 can passH5674 throughH5674.45You have madeH7760 us mere 37refuseH5501 and rubbishH3973 In the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46AllH3605 our enemiesH340 have 38openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.47 39PanicH6343 and pitfallH6354 have comeH1961 upon 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 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
8. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
9. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
10. Lamentations 3:33 Or oppress ↩
11. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
12. Lamentations 3:33 Or torment ↩
13. Lamentations 3:34 Lit his ↩
14. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
15. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
16. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
17. Lamentations 3:36 Lit bend ↩
18. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
19. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩
20. Lamentations 3:37 Lit this ↩
21. Lamentations 3:37 Ps 33:9-11 ↩
22. Lamentations 3:38 Lit the evil things and the good ↩
23. Lamentations 3:38 Job 2:10; Is 45:7; Jer 32:42 ↩
24. Lamentations 3:39 Or human being ↩
25. Lamentations 3:39 Jer 30:15; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5, 6 ↩
26. Lamentations 3:39 Or on the basis of ↩
27. Lamentations 3:40 Ps 119:59; 139:23, 24; 2 Cor 13:5 ↩
28. Lamentations 3:41 Ps 25:1; 28:2; 141:2 ↩
29. Lamentations 3:41 Lit toward our ↩
30. Lamentations 3:42 Neh 9:26; Jer 14:20; Dan 9:5 ↩
31. Lamentations 3:42 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 5:7, 9 ↩
32. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:21 ↩
33. Lamentations 3:43 Ps 83:15; Lam 3:66 ↩
34. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:2, 17, 21 ↩
35. Lamentations 3:44 Ps 97:2 ↩
36. Lamentations 3:44 Lam 3:8; Zech 7:13 ↩
37. Lamentations 3:45 1 Cor 4:13 ↩
38. Lamentations 3:46 Job 30:9, 10; Ps 22:6-8; Lam 2:16 ↩
39. Lamentations 3:47 Is 24:17, 18; Jer 48:43, 44 ↩

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