Step Four- A Closer look into RSV


Lamentations 3:37-45 Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?

Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven;

We have transgressed and rebelled, and thou hast not forgiven.

Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity;

that hast wrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

Thou hast made us offscouring and refuse among the peoples.

Lamentations 3:55-57 "I called on thy name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;

thou didst hear my plea, 'Do not close thine ear to my cry for help!'

Thou didst come near when called on thee; thou didst say, 'Do not fear!'