Lamentations 3:26
[It is] good when one stays and stands still || For the salvation of YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
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
25YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, || To the soul [that] seeks Him.
27[It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
Exodus 14:14YHWH fights for you, and you keep silent.”
Psalms 37:7Be silent for YHWH, and stay yourself for Him, || Do not fret because of him || Who is making his way prosperous, || Because of a man doing wicked schemes.
Psalms 52:9I thank You for all time, because You have done [it], || And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!
Psalms 62:2He alone [is] my rock, and my salvation, || My tower, I am not much moved.
Psalms 92:1A PSALM. A SONG FOR THE SABBATH DAY. [It is] good to give thanks to YHWH, || And to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High,
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 →