Lamentations 3:35-45

35 Refusing justice to victims in the court of High God,
36 Tampering with evidence - the Master does not approve of such things. God Speaks Both Good Things and Hard Things into Being
37 Who do you think "spoke and it happened"? It's the Master who gives such orders.
38 Doesn't the High God speak everything, good things and hard things alike, into being?
39 And why would anyone gifted with life complain when punished for sin?
40 Let's take a good look at the way we're living and reorder our lives under God.
41 Let's lift our hearts and hands at one and the same time, praying to God in heaven:
42 "We've been contrary and willful, and you haven't forgiven.
43 "You lost your temper with us, holding nothing back. You chased us and cut us down without mercy.
44 You wrapped yourself in thick blankets of clouds so no prayers could get through.
45 You treated us like dirty dishwater, threw us out in the backyard of the nations.

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