Lamentations 3:21-39

21This I recall to my heart— therefore I have hope:

22Because of the mercies of Adonai we will not be consumed, for His compassions never fail.

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

24“Adonai is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

25Adonai is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him.

26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of Adonai.

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

28Let him sit alone and be silent, since He has laid it upon him.

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

30Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him. Let him have his fill of disgrace.

31For the Lord will not reject forever.

32For though He has caused grief, yet He will have compassion according to His abundant mercies.

33For He does not afflict from His heart or grieve the sons of men.

34To crush under His foot all the prisoners of the land,

35to deprive a person of justice before the face of Elyon,

36to defraud a person in his lawsuit— would the Lord not see?

37Who speaks and it comes to pass unless the Lord has decreed it?

38Is it not from the mouth of Elyon that both calamities and good things proceed?

39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?