Lamentations 3:26 · KJV
“{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
— Lamentations 3:26
The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3 — Context
The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25The 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 salvation of the LORD.
27{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
Cross References
Psalms 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. {Rest in: Heb. Be silent to}
Psalms 37:34
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see {it}.
Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Hebrews 10:35
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}
Hebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.