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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: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. (Psa. 130:7)

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my portion.
Psa. 16:5• 5The Lord 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: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 119:57• 57CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and 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 he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:16)
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Jer. 51:19• 19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name. (Jer. 51:19)
therefore.
Lam. 3:21• 21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. (Lam. 3:21)
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1 Sam. 30:6• 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord 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 entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. (1 Chron. 5:20)
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Job 13:15• 15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 31:24• 24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. (Psa. 31:24)
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Psa. 33:18• 18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; (Psa. 33:18)
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Psa. 42:11• 11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou 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, O 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• 8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:8)
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Psa. 84:12• 12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. (Psa. 130:7)
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Rom. 15:12• 12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. (Rom. 15:12)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might 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.