New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 3:21-36
21ThisH2088 I recallH7725 to my mindH3820, ThereforeH5921H3651 I haveH3176 1hopeH3176.22The Lord’sH3068 2lovingkindnessesH2617 3indeedH3588 neverH3808 ceaseH8552, 4For His compassionsH7356 neverH3808 failH3615.23They are newH2319 5every morningH1242; GreatH7227 is 6Your faithfulnessH530.24“The LordH3068 is my 7portionH2506,” saysH559 my soulH5315, “ThereforeH5921H3651 I 8haveH3176 hopeH3176 in Him.”25The LordH3068 is goodH2896 to those who 9waitH6960 for Him, To the 10personH5315 who 11seeksH1875 Him.26It is goodH2896 that he 12waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he should bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 13sitH3427 aloneH910 and be silentH1826 SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 14putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 15dustH6083, PerhapsH194 thereH3426 is 16hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 17cheekH3895 to 18the smiterH5221, Let him be filledH7646 with reproachH2781.31For the LordH136 will 19not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 20compassionH7355 According to His abundantH7230 lovingkindnessH2617.33For He 21does not afflictH6031 22willinglyH4480H3820 Or grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of menH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 His feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 23landH776,35To 24depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 25justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 2627defraudH5791 a manH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 28approveH7200.
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 3:21 Ps 130:7 ↩
- 2. Lamentations 3:22 Ps 78:38; Jer 3:12; 30:11 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 3:22 Or that we are not consumed ↩
- 4. Lamentations 3:22 Mal 3:6 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 3:23 Is 33:2; Zeph 3:5 ↩
- 6. Lamentations 3:23 Heb 10:23 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 16:5; 73:26 ↩
- 8. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 33:18 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 3:25 Ps 27:14; Is 25:9 ↩
- 10. Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul ↩
- 11. Lamentations 3:25 Is 26:9 ↩
- 12. Lamentations 3:26 Ps 37:7 ↩
- 13. Lamentations 3:28 Jer 15:17 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 3:29 Lit give ↩
- 15. Lamentations 3:29 Job 16:15; 40:4 ↩
- 16. Lamentations 3:29 Jer 31:17 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 3:30 Job 16:10; Is 50:6 ↩
- 18. Lamentations 3:30 Lit his ↩
- 19. Lamentations 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
- 20. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
- 21. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
- 22. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
- 23. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
- 24. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
- 25. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
- 26. Lamentations 3:36 Lit make crooked ↩
- 27. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
- 28. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩
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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