Lamentations 3:26 “It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

World English Bible

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

American Standard Version

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.

Darby Translation

It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

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Cross references

“good”

Psalm 52:9 Psalm 54:6 Psalm 73:28 Galatians 4:18 Psalm 92:1

Psalm 52:9 · BSB

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

Psalm 54:6 · BSB

Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.

Psalm 73:28 · BSB

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

Galatians 4:18 · BSB

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

Psalm 92:1 · BSB

It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

“hope”

Hebrews 10:35 Hebrews 3:14 1 Peter 1:13

Hebrews 10:35 · BSB

So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

Hebrews 3:14 · BSB

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

1 Peter 1:13 · BSB

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

“quietly”

Psalm 37:7 Psalm 37:34 Psalm 130:5 Genesis 49:18 Isaiah 30:15 Psalm 119:166

Psalm 37:7 · BSB

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Psalm 37:34 · BSB

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Psalm 130:5 · BSB

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Genesis 49:18 · BSB

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Isaiah 30:15 · BSB

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”

Psalm 119:166 · BSB

I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

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