Lamentations 3:27-36

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁸ to sit alone in silence
    when the Lord^[a] has imposed it,^(B)
29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
    (there may yet be hope),
³⁰ to give one’s cheek to the smiter
    and be filled with insults.^(C)

³¹ For the Lord will not
    reject forever.^(D)
32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love;^(E)
33 for he does not willingly afflict
    or grieve anyone.^(F)

³⁴ When all the prisoners of the land
    are crushed under foot,
³⁵ when justice is perverted
    in the presence of the Most High,^(G)
36 when one’s case is subverted—
    does the Lord not see it?^(H)