Lamentations 3:22-45

New King James Version

^22 (A)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions ^(B)fail not.
²³ They are new ^(C)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my ^(D)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I ^(E)hope in Him!”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who ^(F)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
²⁶ It is good that one should ^(G)hope ^(H)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
^27 (I)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

^28 (J)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
^29 (K)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
^30 (L)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.

^31 (M)For the Lord will not cast off forever.
³² Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
³³ For ^(N)He does not afflict ^[a]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.

³⁴ To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,
³⁵ To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,
³⁶ Or subvert a man in his cause—
^(O)The Lord does not approve.

³⁷ Who is he ^(P)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That ^(Q)woe and well-being proceed?
^39 (R)Why should a living man ^[b]complain,
^(S)A man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
^41 (T)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
^42 (U)We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.

⁴³ You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
⁴⁴ You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.
⁴⁵ You have made us an ^(V)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.