Lamentations 3:26
is good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
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 wait for him: the soul which shall seek him
27Teth. It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Exodus 14:14The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Psalms 37:7I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
Psalms 62:2O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
Psalms 92:1For + 92:1 Alex. the sabbath-day.the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honour: the Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; for he has established the world, which shall 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 →