Lamentations 3:30-44
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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,
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36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
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37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
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41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
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43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.