Catholic Public Domain Version
"MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command? "
— Lamentations 3:37, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? ”
“Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?”
“מ(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?”
“Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
“Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?”
“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
LAMED. as if to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?
NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord.