Lamentations 3 in the early church

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

to deny a man justice before the Most High,

to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

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

Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!