Lamentations 3:21-41

New King James Version

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

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

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

^31 (N)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 ^(O)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—
^(P)The Lord does not approve.

³⁷ Who is he ^(Q)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 ^(R)woe and well-being proceed?
^39 (S)Why should a living man ^[b]complain,
^(T)A man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
^41 (U)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.