Lamentations 3:37-40

English Standard Version

^37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has commanded it?
^38 (B)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that good and bad come?
^39 (C)Why should a living man complain,
    a man, about the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us test and examine our ways,
    ^(D)and return to the Lord!