Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and test derakheinu (our ways), 1 and let us turn again to Hashem. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
In Context
39Why doth an adam chai (any man alive) complain, 1 a gever for the punishment of his sins? 1
41Let us lift up levavenu (our heart) with our hands 1 unto El baShomayim. 1
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:12And said unto them, Ye are the rashei ha'avot of the Levi'im; set yourselves apart as kodesh, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up Aron Hashem Elohei Yisroel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
2 Chronicles 30:9For if ye turn again unto Hashem, your achim and your banim shall find rachamim before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come back into HaAretz HaZot, for Hashem Eloheichem is channun (gracious) and rachum (compassionate), and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.
Job 34:31For has anyone said unto El, 1 I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more; 1
Psalms 119:59I thought on my drakhim, 1 and turned my feet unto Thy edot (testimonies). 1
Isaiah 55:7Let the rasha forsake his derech, 1 and the ish aven his machshevot; 1 and let him return unto Hashem, 1 and He will have rachamim upon him; 1 and to Eloheinu, for He will abundantly pardon. 1
Hosea 5:15I will go and return to My place, 1 till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face; 1 in their tzar (affliction, distress) they will beg My favor.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:38-42
The Duties of the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord . 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the foregoing verses , and may taste the… Read the whole commentary →