Lamentations 3:26 (DRB)

Passage

Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:27 Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

Lamentations 3:28 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Teth The Lord is good to them..." into verse 27's "Teth It is good for a man...", so "teth" and "good" 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 "teth" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.