37 Who is he then that saith, and it cometh to pass, and the Lord [a]commandeth it not?

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not [b]evil and good?

39 Wherefore then is the living [c]man sorrowful? man suffereth for his sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:37 He showeth that nothing is done without God’s providence.
  2. Lamentations 3:38 That is, adversity and prosperity, Amos 3:6.
  3. Lamentations 3:39 When God afflicteth him.

37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(B)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(C)

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