Lamentations 3:25-38

New American Standard Bible

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who ^[a](A)await Him,
To the ^[b]person who ^(B)seeks Him.
²⁶ It is good that he ^(C)waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷ It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
²⁸ Let him ^(D)sit alone and keep quiet,
Since He has laid it on him.
²⁹ Let him ^[c]put his mouth in the ^(E)dust;
Perhaps there is ^(F)hope.
³⁰ Let him give his ^(G)cheek to the one who is going to strike him;
Let him be filled with shame.
³¹ For the Lord will ^(H)not reject forever,
³² For if He causes grief,
Then He will have ^(I)compassion
In proportion to His abundant mercy.
³³ For He ^(J)does not ^[d]afflict ^[e]willingly
Or ^[f]grieve the sons of mankind.
³⁴ To crush under ^[g]one’s feet
All the prisoners of the ^[h]land,
³⁵ To ^[i]deprive a man of ^(K)justice
In the presence of the Most High,
³⁶ To ^[j](L)defraud someone in his lawsuit—
Of these things the Lord does not ^[k]approve.
³⁷ Who is ^[l]there who speaks and it ^(M)comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That ^[m](N)both adversity and good proceed?