day 241 - Bible in a year

LAMENTATIONS 2:1-4:22

•  lam 3:²²It is because of the Lord's mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. ²³They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. ²⁴The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. ²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]. ²⁶It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord. ²⁷It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke [of divine disciplinary dealings] in his youth.
  
  
  ³⁹Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life's school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins?
      ⁴⁰Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord!
      ⁴¹Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [and then with them mount up in prayer] to God in heaven...
  
  
  ⁵⁶You heard my voice [then]: [Oh] hide not Your ear [now] at my prayer for relief.
      ⁵⁷You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, Fear not.
      ⁵⁸O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life!