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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;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:7)

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my portion.
Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 119:57• 57My portion, Jehovah, I have said,{HR}[Is] that I will keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said,{HR}Thou [art] my refuge,{HR}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: 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 he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah 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 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• 15Lo, he will slay me, yet will I trust him;{HR}But my ways to his face I will argue. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 31:24• 24Be strong, and he will strengthen your heart all ye who wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 31:24)
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Psa. 33:18• 18Behold, the eye of Jehovah [is] towards those who fear him,{HR}To those who hope in his mercy, (Psa. 33:18)
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Psa. 42:11• 11Why art thou cast down,{HR}[O] my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 42:11)
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Psa. 43:5• 5Why art thou cast down, Ο my soul?{HR}And why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 43:5)
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Psa. 62:8• 8Confide in him at every time, O people;{HR}Pour out before him your heart:{HR}God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:8)
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Psa. 84:12• 12O Jehovah of hosts,{HR}Blessed the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:7)
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Rom. 15:12• 12And again Esaias saith, “There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule Gentiles: on him shall Gentiles hope.” (Rom. 15:12)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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