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38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(A)
39 Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

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40 Let’s examine and probe our ways,
and turn back to the Lord.(B)

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38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(A)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(B)

40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(C)
    and let us return to the Lord.(D)

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38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (A)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (B)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(C)A man for the punishment of his sins?

40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur