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Lamentations 3:32-42

32 Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love.

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

33 For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind.

33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.

34 Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one's feet,

34 To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

35 denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High,

35 to deny people their rights before the Most High,

36 or suppressing a person's lawsuit- the Lord does not approve [of these things].

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

37 Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained [it]?

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

38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

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

39 Why should [any] living person complain, [any] man, because of the punishment for his sins?

39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

40 Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord.

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:

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

42 We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.

42 “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.