B.  Jeremiah's Confession of Faith     3:19-38

Lam 3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Lam 3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Lam 3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

Lam 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Lam 3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Lam 3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Lam 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lam 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lam 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Lam 3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

Lam 3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

Lam 3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Lam 3:31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

Lam 3:32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Lam 3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

Lam 3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Lam 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Lam 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Lam 3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Lam 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Lam 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?