36 To [a](A)defraud someone in his lawsuit—
Of these things the Lord does not [b]approve.
37 Who is [c]there who speaks and it (B)comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That [d](C)both adversity and good proceed?

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:36 Lit bend
  2. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see
  3. Lamentations 3:37 Lit this
  4. Lamentations 3:38 Lit the evil things and the good

36 to deprive them of justice—
    would not the Lord see such things?(A)

37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(B)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(C)

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