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Lamentations 3:26

Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait,.... This follows from the former; for if God is good to such, it must be good for them to hope and wait for him; it is both their duty and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Lamentations 3:25-27

In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word good, we have first the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good, and if good to all, then especially is He so to those who being…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

It is good that a man should both hope - Hope is essentially necessary to faith; he that hopes not, cannot believe; if there be no expectation, there can be no confidence. When a man hopes for…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Lamentations 3:21-36

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look…