Lamentations 3:40 (GNV)

Passage

Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?

Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.

Lamentations 3:40 Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:41 Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

Lamentations 3:42 We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "search", "wayes", "turne", "againe", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "search" and "wayes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull..." into verse 41's "Let vs lift vp our hearts with...", so "search" and "wayes" 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 "search" and "wayes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.