Lamentations 3:50 (YLT)

Passage

Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

Lamentations 3:50 Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,

Lamentations 3:51 My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "till", "jehovah", "looketh", "seeth", and "heavens". 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 is poured out And doth..." into verse 51's "My 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.