“ The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. ”
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 bei...
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lam...
wait for Him. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 49:18 , same word).
He continues the same subject: he however adds now something to it, even that God always deals mercifully with his servants, who recumb on him, mid who seek him. We hence see that the last vers...
DISCOURSE: 1092 THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO SUPPLIANTS Lamentations 3:25 . The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him . “THE earth,” we are told, “is full of the good...
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. The Lord is good ... It is good ... It is good. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three vers...
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought...
The Lord is good. — The alliterative form of the Hebrew makes “good” the first word of this and the two following verses, the adjective being predicated, first of the essential character of Jehovah...
QUIET WAITING Lamentations 3:25-36 HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy. Pursuing the ideas that flow out of the great truth of the endless goodness of God, and...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows, r...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
The Lord [is] good to them that wait for him ,.... For the enjoyment of him as their portion in this world, and in that to come; for his presence here and hereafter; which they are sometimes now dep...
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. Ver. 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him. ] Which few can skill of, and I have somewhat to do to hit on...
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul An interest in the favour and love of God, and his presence with me, my heart tells me, is the best inheritance. And, possessing these, I have that which is su...
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. B. C. 588. ...
Good is a term of a very comprehensive notion. The nature of it lieth in a suitableness to the thing or person to whom it relateth; so it signifieth profit and pleasantness . There is in God an...
The Prophet Prays His Way Through To Confidence In YHWH ( Lamentations 3:19-39 ). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ט) Lamentations 3:25 . Such an acceptance suggests more knowledge. Good is Jehovah to them that wait for him, to a soul that seeks him. He is ready to respond to those who...
Lamentations 3:25 Throughout the Scriptures the two terms, seeking and waiting, run parallel as describing prayer, earnest and effectual prayer, in all its acts and offices. The command to seek th...
I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope it may be the means of giving them comfort. I read...
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistich...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION...
God's Mercy and Power Revealed
1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 19:3 ; 2 Chronicles 30:19 ; 2 Chronicles 31:21 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Isaiah 25:9 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Isaia...