The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations
The book of Lamentations is a poignant collection of poetic laments mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of God’s people. Written in the aftermath of the Babylonian exile, it captures grief, sorrow, and the consequences of sin while also expressing deep trust in God’s mercy and faithfulness. Lamentations combines raw emotion with profound spiritual insight, showing how believers can bring their pain before God.
This book emphasizes the reality of judgment and the importance of repentance, but it also highlights hope and restoration. Even in the midst of devastation, God’s steadfast love and compassion remain, offering comfort and the promise of renewal. Lamentations invites reflection on the seriousness of sin, the consequences of turning from God, and the enduring nature of His mercy.
Lamentations encourages readers to express their struggles honestly to God, seek His forgiveness, and trust in His faithfulness. It provides a model for prayer, reflection, and hope even in the darkest times.
Explore the book of Lamentations to understand God’s justice, experience His mercy, and find hope and comfort in His enduring love.
Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Lamentations 3:32
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Lamentations 3:33
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations 3:36
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Lamentations 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations 3:42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Lamentations 3:43
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Lamentations 3:45
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Lamentations 3:47
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Lamentations 3:48
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 3:49
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Lamentations 3:50
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. Reflection This verse expresses a posture of waiting and dependence on God. In the midst of suffering and sorrow, the writer acknowledges that ultimate relief, justice, and comfort come only when God looks down from heaven. It reflects humility, trust, and the recognition that human effort […]