Lamentations 3:19-41 (New International Version)

 ¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
       the bitterness and the gall.

 ²⁰ I well remember them,
       and my soul is downcast within me.

 ²¹ Yet this I call to mind
       and therefore I have hope:

 ²² Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
       for his compassions never fail.

 ²³ They are new every morning;
       great is your faithfulness.

 ²⁴ I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
       therefore I will wait for him."

 ²⁵ The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
       to the one who seeks him;

 ²⁶ it is good to wait quietly
       for the salvation of the LORD.

 ²⁷ It is good for a man to bear the yoke
       while he is young.

 ²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,
       for the LORD has laid it on him.

 ²⁹ Let him bury his face in the dust—
       there may yet be hope.

 ³⁰ Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,
       and let him be filled with disgrace.

 ³¹ For men are not cast off
       by the Lord forever.

 ³² Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
       so great is his unfailing love.

 ³³ For he does not willingly bring affliction
       or grief to the children of men.

 ³⁴ To crush underfoot
       all prisoners in the land,

 ³⁵ to deny a man his rights
       before the Most High,

 ³⁶ to deprive a man of justice—
       would not the Lord see such things?

 ³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
       if the Lord has not decreed it?

 ³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
       that both calamities and good things come?

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

 ⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,
       and let us return to the LORD.

 ⁴¹ Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
       to God in heaven, and say: