Lamentations 3:37-39

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³⁷Who has commanded and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has ordained it?
³⁸Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that good and evil come?
³⁹Why should a living man complain,
    a man, about the punishment of his sins?

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