Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to them that wait for him: 1 The soul which shall seek him 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
In Context
24The Lord is my portion, says my soul; 1 Therefore will I wait for him. 1
26Is good, and shall wait for, 1 And quietly expect salvation of the Lord. 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:18Waiting for the salvation of the Lord. 1
2 Chronicles 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 30:19The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and is not purified according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath are upon all that forsake him.
Psalms 25:8O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, 1 And the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. 1
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 →