New American Standard Bible

Lamentations 3:25-37 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

25. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.

26. It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.

27. It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth.

28. Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.

29. Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.

30. Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.

31. For the Lord will not reject forever,

32. For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.

33. For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men.

34. To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land,

35. To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

36. To defraud a man in his lawsuit- Of these things the Lord does not approve.

37. Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?