Lamentations 3:24
Hashem is my chelek, saith my nefesh; 1 therefore in hope will I wait for Him. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
In Context
23They are chadashim every boker; 1 great is Thy faithfulness. 1
25Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, 1 to the nefesh that seeketh Him. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:2Therefore shall they have no nachalah among their achim; Hashem is their nachalah, as He hath said unto them.
1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagari'im were delivered into their yad, and all that were with them, for they cried to Elohim in the milchamah, and He was entreated of them + 5:20 T.N. These genealogies establish the massively eye-witnessed veracity of the death and resurrection of Israel in and from the Golus. because they put their trust in Him.
Job 22:25Yea, Shaddai shall be thy gold, 1 and thy precious kesef. 1
Psalms 31:24O love Hashem, all ye His Chasidim; 1 for Hashem preserveth the emunim (the faithful ones), 1 but He pays back in full the oseh ga'avah (the one acting in pride, haughtily). 1
Psalms 42:11As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), 1 mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; 1 while they say all day long unto me, 1 Where is Eloheicha? 1
Psalms 62:8In Elohim is my salvation and my Kavod: 1 the Tzur of my strength, and my refuge, is in Elohim. 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 →