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Lamentations 3:25-33
New King James Version
Lamentations 3:25-33
New King James Version
25 The Lord is good to those who (A)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (B)hope (C)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 (D)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 (E)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
29 (F)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
30 (G)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
31 (H)For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
33 For (I)He does not afflict [a]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:33 Lit. from His heart
Lamentations 3:25-33
New International Version
Lamentations 3:25-33
New International Version
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;(A)
26 it is good to wait quietly(B)
for the salvation of the Lord.(C)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
Lamentations 3:25-33
King James Version
Lamentations 3:25-33
King James Version
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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