Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Lamentations 3:19-33

"I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope. Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him, it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for people to bear the yoke while they are young. Let them sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on them. Let them bury their faces in the dust. There might yet be hope. Let them offer their cheeks to those who strike them.
For people are not cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is His unfailing love. For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to any human being."

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