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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is my portion
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
g, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
; therefore will I hope
yachal (Hebrew #3176)
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Pronounce: yaw-chal'
Origin: a primitive root
h in him.
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; (Psa. 130:7)

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my portion.
Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 119:57• 57CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Jer. 10:16• 16The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:16)
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Jer. 51:19• 19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 51:19)
therefore.
Lam. 3:21• 21--This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope. (Lam. 3:21)
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1 Sam. 30:6• 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him. (1 Chron. 5:20)
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Job 13:15• 15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 31:24• 24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah. (Psa. 31:24)
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Psa. 33:18• 18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness, (Psa. 33:18)
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Psa. 42:11• 11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 42:11)
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Psa. 43:5• 5Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 43:5)
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Psa. 62:8• 8Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 62:8)
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Psa. 84:12• 12Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee! (Psa. 84:12)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; (Psa. 130:7)
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Rom. 15:12• 12And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope. (Rom. 15:12)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)
• It is a goodly portion without doubt, though unbelief thinks it nothing and pines after some one to shew any good after a tangible sort, the corn and wine and oil of this creation. But to have Him who has all things and who is Himself infinitely more than all He has is beyond comparison a better portion. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:22-42” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.