New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 3:23
Lamentations 3:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- New International Version (NIV)They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Context of Lamentations 3:23
21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” 25The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:23 word by word
חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:23
- Psalms 30:5For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
- Isaiah 33:2O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.
- Zephaniah 3:5The Lord is righteous within her; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust knows no shame.
- Exodus 34:6Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
- Psalms 36:5Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
- Psalms 146:6Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
- Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They are new every morning - Day and night proclaim the mercy and compassion of God. Who could exist throughout the day, if there were not a continual superintending Providence? Who could be preserved in the night, if the Watchman of Israel ever slumbered or slept?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort and satisfaction, to hope…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23God’s faithfulness means that he is completely reliable. We see this in his daily mercies, which are new each day. He continues to provide a world in which people can live safely.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2422-24. (Mal 3:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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