Lamentations 3:21-36

This I will return to my heart;

Therefore I will ^await in hope.

The ^alovingkindnesses of Yahweh ¹indeed never cease,

^bFor His compassions never fail.

They are new ^aevery morning;

Great is ^bYour faithfulness.

“Yahweh is my ^aportion,” says my soul,

“Therefore I ^bwait for Him.”

Yahweh is good to those who ^ahope in Him,

To the soul who ^bseeks Him.

It is good that he ^awaits silently

For the salvation of Yahweh.

It is good for a man that he should bear

The yoke in his youth.

Let him ^asit alone and be silent

Since He has laid it on him.

Let him ¹put his mouth in the ^adust;

Perhaps there is ^bhope.

Let him give his ^acheek to the one who strikes him;

Let him be saturated with reproach.

For the Lord will ^anot reject forever,

For if He causes grief,

Then He will have ^acompassion

According to His abundant lovingkindness.

For He ^adoes not afflict from His heart

Or grieve the sons of men.

To crush under His feet

All the prisoners of the ¹land,

To ¹deprive a man of ^ajustice

In the presence of the Most High,

To ¹^adefraud a man in his legal case—

These things the Lord does not see with approval.