Lamentations 3:23-35
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23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
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32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,