Lamentations 3:26 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Lamentations 3:25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good", "should", "hope", "quietly", "wait", "salvation", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good" and "should", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Jehovah is good unto them that wait..." into verse 27's "It is good for a man that...", so "good" and "should" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "good" and "should" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.