Lamentations 3:22-23 (LSB)

Passage

The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:20 Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.

Lamentations 3:21 This I will return to my heart; Therefore I will wait in hope.

Lamentations 3:22 The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.

Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:24 “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I wait for Him.”

Lamentations 3:25 Yahweh is good to those who hope in Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "lovingkindnesses", "yahweh", "indeed", "never", "cease", "compassions", and "fail". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "lovingkindnesses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "This I will return to my heart..." into verse 24's "Yahweh is my portion says my soul...", so "faith" and "lovingkindnesses" 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 "faith" and "lovingkindnesses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.