Lamentations 3:34-40 New English Translation (NET)

34. To crush underfootall the earth’s prisoners,

35. to deprive a person of his rightsin the presence of the Most High,

36. to defraud a person in a lawsuit – the Lord does not approve of such things!מ (Mem)

37. Whose command was ever fulfilledunless the Lord decreed it?

38. Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing?

39. Why should any living person complainwhen punished for his sins?נ (Nun)

40. Let us carefully examine our ways,and let us return to the Lord.

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