New English Translation
Lamentations 3:23
23They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant!
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
21But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: ח (Khet) 22The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end. They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant! 24“My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him. ט (Tet) 25The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:23 word by word
חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:23
- Psalms 30:5For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
- Isaiah 33:2Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.
- Zephaniah 3:5The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,
- Psalms 36:5O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
- Psalms 146:6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
- Hebrews 6:18so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
- Hebrews 10:23And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
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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