Lamentations 3:21-36

21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

22Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

23They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

24“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”

25The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

26It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.

27It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

28Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

29Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.

30Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.

31For the Lord will not cast off forever.

32Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

33For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.

34To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,

35To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,

36Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve.