Lamentations 3:25
YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, || To the soul [that] seeks Him.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
In Context
24My portion [is] YHWH, my soul has said, || Therefore I hope for Him.
26[It is] good when one stays and stands still || For the salvation of YHWH.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
2 Chronicles 15:2and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;
2 Chronicles 30:19who has prepared his heart to seek God—YHWH, God of his fathers—yet not according to the cleansing of the holy place”;
Ezra 8:22for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spoke to the king, saying, “The hand of our God [is] on all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] on all forsaking Him.”
Psalms 25:8Good and upright [is] YHWH, || Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
Psalms 27:14Look to YHWH—be strong, || And He strengthens your heart, || Indeed, look to YHWH!
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 →