Now when Paul perceived that one part were (A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, (B)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is (C)with respect to the (D)hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

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Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees(A) and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers,(B) I am a Pharisee,(C) descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”(D)

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16 (A)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
    and (B)made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness[a] is;
18 (C)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

19 (D)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    (E)the wormwood and (F)the gall!
20 My soul continually remembers it
    (G)and is bowed down within me.
21 But this I call to mind,
    and (H)therefore I have hope:

22 (I)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[b]
    (J)his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new (K)every morning;
    (L)great is your faithfulness.
24 (M)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    (N)“therefore I will hope in him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who (O)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
26 (P)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
27 (Q)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke (R)in his youth.

28 Let him (S)sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;
29 (T)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;
30 (U)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
    and let him be filled with insults.

31 (V)For the Lord will not
    cast off forever,
32 but, though he (W)cause grief, (X)he will have compassion
    (Y)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 (Z)for he does not afflict from his heart
    or (AA)grieve the children of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:17 Hebrew good
  2. Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(A)
    he has trampled me in the dust.(B)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(C)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(D) and the gall.(E)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast(F) within me.(G)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love(H) we are not consumed,(I)
    for his compassions never fail.(J)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.(K)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(L)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(M)
26 it is good to wait quietly(N)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(O)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

28 Let him sit alone in silence,(P)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust(Q)
    there may yet be hope.(R)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,(S)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.(T)

31 For no one is cast off
    by the Lord forever.(U)
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(V)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.(W)

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10 (A)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
(B)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be (C)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.

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10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(A)
then your light(B) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(C)
11 The Lord will guide(D) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(E) in a sun-scorched land(F)
    and will strengthen(G) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(H)
    like a spring(I) whose waters never fail.

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