39 (A)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(B)A man for the punishment of his sins?

40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (C)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur

39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(A)

40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(B)
    and let us return to the Lord.(C)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,(D) and say:

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