Lamentations 3:22
It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
In Context
21I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.
23They are renued euery morning: great is thy faithfulnesse.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let mee not fall into the hand of man.
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come vpon vs for our euill deedes, and for our great trespasses, (seeing that thou our God hast stayed vs from being beneath for our iniquities, and hast giuen vs such deliuerance)
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: make haste and heare me.
Psalms 78:38Yet he being merciful forgaue their iniquitie, and destroied them not, but oft times called backe his anger, and did not stirre vp all his wrath.
Psalms 106:45And he remembred his couenant towarde them and repented according to the multitude of his mercies,
Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against me, and would not heare me: for none cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idoles of Egypt: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the mids of the land of Egypt.
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 →