38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?
38 Doesn't the High God speak everything, good things and hard things alike, into being?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?
38 Does not the Most High send both calamity and good?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:38
Commentary on Lamentations 3:37-41
(Read Lamentations 3:37-41)
While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, is far less than our sins deserve. We should complain to God, and not of him. We are apt, in times of calamity, to reflect on other people's ways, and blame them; but our duty is to search and try our own ways, that we may turn from evil to God. Our hearts must go with our prayers. If inward impressions do not answer to outward expressions, we mock God, and deceive ourselves.