Lamentations 3:24 (DRB)

Passage

Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:22 Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

Lamentations 3:23 Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:24 Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

Lamentations 3:25 Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heth", "lord", "portion", "said", "soul", "therefore", and "wait". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heth" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Heth They are new every morning great..." into verse 25's "Teth The Lord is good to them...", so "heth" and "lord" 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 "heth" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.