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Lamentations 3:22-26 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verses 22–26 · King James Version
22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Lamentations 3:22-26 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:22-26 in context
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 86:15
- Luke 1:50
- Nehemiah 9:31
- Micah 7:18-19
- Malachi 3:6
- Psalms 78:38
- Psalms 106:45
- Psalms 77:8
- Hebrews 10:23
- Psalms 30:5
- Isaiah 33:2
- Psalms 89:33
Key words (Strong's)
- compassionsrachamcompassionH7356 →
- salvationtᵉshûwʻâhrescueH8668 →
- consumedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- mercieschêçêdkindnessH2617 →
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- LORD'SYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
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Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-36