Lamentations 3:50 (ASV)

Passage

Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Lamentations 3:50 Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

Lamentations 3:51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52 They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "till", "jehovah", "look", "down", "behold", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "till" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 49's "Mine eye poureth down and ceaseth not..." into verse 51's "Mine eye affecteth my soul because of...", so "till" and "jehovah" 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 "till" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.