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Lamentations 3:33-39 New International Version (NIV)

33. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.

34. To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

35. to deny people their rights before the Most High,

36. to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?

37. Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

38. Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

39. Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?