Lamentations 3:26
Is good, and shall wait for, 1 And quietly expect salvation of the Lord. 1
Updated 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
25The Lord is good to them that wait for him: 1 The soul which shall seek him 1
27It is good for a man 1 When he bears a yoke in his youth. 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:18Waiting for the salvation of the Lord. 1
Exodus 14:14The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Psalms 37:7I have been wretched and bowed down continually: 1 I went with a mourning countenance all the day. 1
Psalms 62:2O God, my God, I cry to thee early; 1 My soul has thirsted for thee: 1 How often has my flesh longed after thee, 1 In a barren and trackless and dry land! 1
Psalms 92:1For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. 1 The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: 1 The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; 1 For he has established the world, which shall not be moved. 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 →