15 Lord God of Israel, (A)You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in (B)our guilt, for (C)no one can stand before You because of this.”

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15 Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous!(A) We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand(B) in your presence.(C)

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33 However, (A)You are righteous in everything that has happened to us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

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33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(A) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(B)

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(A)Gracious is the Lord, and (B)righteous;
Yes, our God is (C)compassionate.

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The Lord is gracious and righteous;(A)
    our God is full of compassion.(B)

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The Lord (A)is righteous;
He has cut up the (B)ropes of the wicked.

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But the Lord is righteous;(A)
    he has cut me free(B) from the cords of the wicked.”(C)

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17 The Lord is (A)righteous in all His ways,
And kind in all His works.

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17 The Lord is righteous(A) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.(B)

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Jeremiah’s Prayer

12 (A)Righteous are You, Lord, when I plead my case with You;
Nevertheless I would (B)discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the (C)way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who (D)deal in treachery at ease?

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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18 “The Lord is (A)righteous,
For I have (B)rebelled against His [a]command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And (C)see my pain;
(D)My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:18 Lit mouth

18 “The Lord is righteous,(A)
    yet I rebelled(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.(D)

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(A)Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us [a](B)open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in (C)all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:7 Lit the shame of face

“Lord, you are righteous,(A) but this day we are covered with shame(B)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(C) us because of our unfaithfulness(D) to you.(E)

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14 So the Lord has [a](A)kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is (B)righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

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  1. Daniel 9:14 Lit watched over the evil

14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster(A) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;(B) yet we have not obeyed him.(C)

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