Lamentations 3:26
TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
In Context
25TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
27TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.
Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight on your behalf, and you will remain silent.”
Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
Psalms 62:2O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.
Psalms 92:1The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. In the time before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded. The Lord has reigned. He has been clothed with beauty. The Lord has been clothed with strength, and he has girded himself. Yet he has also confirmed the world, which will not be moved.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →