Lamentations 3:24
So I say to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need; so I will confidently wait for him to do good things for me.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
In Context
23He is the one whom we can always trust/lean on. Every morning he is merciful to us again.
25Yahweh is good to all those who depend on him, to those who seek his help.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:2They will not be allotted any land like the other tribes will be. What they will receive is the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s priests, which is what he said that they should have.
1 Chronicles 5:20The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat [IDM] the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
Job 22:25and if you allow Almighty God to be as precious to you as your gold and your silver have been,
Psalms 31:24You who confidently expect Yahweh to do great things for you, be strong, be courageous!
Psalms 42:11But I think, “◄Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!► [RHQ] I will confidently expect God to help me, and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.”
Psalms 62:8You my people, always trust in him. Tell him all your troubles, because he is ◄our refuge/the one who protects us► [MET]. (Think about that!)
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 →