The Scriptures 1998

Lamentations 3:25-34 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

25. יהוה is good to those waiting for Him, To the being who seeks Him.

26. It is good – both to wait and to be silent, For the deliverance of יהוה.

27. It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth.

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

29. Let him put his mouth in the dust, There might yet be expectancy.

30. Let him give his cheek To the one who smites him – He is filled with reproach.

31. For יהוה does not cast off forever.

32. For though He afflicted, Yet He shall show compassion According to the greatness of His kindnesses.

33. For He has not afflicted from His heart, Nor does He grieve the children of men.

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