Lamentations 3:17-40

I have been deprived  of peace;  I have forgotten what prosperity is. Then I thought, “My future  is lost, as well as my hope from the  LORD.” Remember  my affliction and my homelessness,  the wormwood and the poison.  I continually remember them and have become depressed.  , Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:  Because of the LORD’s faithful love  we do not perish,  for his mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!  I say, “The LORD is my portion,  therefore I will put my hope in him.” The LORD is good to those who wait  for him, to the person who seeks him. It is good to wait quietly  for salvation from the  LORD.  It is good for a man to bear the yoke  while he is still young. Let him sit alone and be silent,  for God has disciplined   him. Let him put his mouth in the dust   — perhaps there is still hope. Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him;  let him be filled with disgrace. For the Lord will not reject us forever. Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.  For he does not enjoy bringing affliction  or suffering on mankind. Crushing all the prisoners of the land  beneath one’s feet, denying justice to a man  in the presence of the Most High, or subverting a person in his lawsuit   — the Lord does not approve of these things. Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?  Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?  Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins? Let’s examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the  LORD.