Lamentations 3:24
Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
In Context
23Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.
25Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:2And they shall receive nothing else. of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.
1 Chronicles 5:20Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.
Job 22:25And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.
Psalms 31:24O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
Psalms 42:11Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day : Where is thy God?
Psalms 62:8In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
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 →