31 For the Lord will not forsake forever.

32 But though he send affliction, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

33 For he doth not [a]punish [b]willingly, nor afflict the children of men,

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:33 He taketh no pleasure in it, but doeth it of necessity for our amendment, when he suffereth the wicked to oppress the poor.
  2. Lamentations 3:33 Hebrew, with his heart.

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