Revised Literal Translation
Lamentations 3:23
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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 have I hope. 22It is of Yhwh's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24Yhwh is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25Yhwh is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:23
- Psalms 30:5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Isaiah 33:2O Yhwh, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Zephaniah 3:5The just Yhwh is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
- Exodus 34:6And Yhwh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yhwh, Yhwh God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Psalms 36:5Thy mercy, O Yhwh, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the mercies of Yhwh for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 146:6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
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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