Lamentations 3:26
Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
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
25Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
27Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
Exodus 14:14Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'
Psalms 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Psalms 52:9I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!
Psalms 62:2Only — He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.
Psalms 92:1A Psalm. — A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,
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 →