Lamentations 3:24
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
In Context
23they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:2but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
1 Chronicles 5:20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
Job 22:25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
Psalms 31:24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.
Psalms 42:11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 62:8Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.
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 →