36 In subverting a man in his cause: the Lord [a]seeth it not.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:36 He doth not delight therein.
  2. Lamentations 3:37 He showeth that nothing is done without God’s providence.
  3. Lamentations 3:38 That is, adversity and prosperity, Amos 3:6.

36 to deprive them of justice—
    would not the Lord see such things?(A)

37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(B)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(C)

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