Lamentations 3:37-39

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁷ Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it?

³⁸ Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]?

³⁹ Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life’s school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins?