Lamentations 3:26
Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
27Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider may fall backward.
Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
Psalms 37:7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
Psalms 52:9Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.
Psalms 62:2Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.
Psalms 92:1A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.
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 →