The Meaning of Lamentations 3:26 Explained

Lamentations 3:26

KJV: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

YLT: Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

Darby: It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

ASV: It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[It is] good  that [a man] should both hope  and quietly wait  for the salvation  of the LORD. 

What does Lamentations 3:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:26 mean?

[it is] good that [one] should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh
ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה

ט֤וֹב  [it  is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וְיָחִיל֙  that  [one]  should  hope 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חוּל 
Sense: to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained.
וְדוּמָ֔ם  and  quietly  wait 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: דּוּמָם  
Sense: silence adv.
לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת  for  the  salvation 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תְּשׁוּעָה  
Sense: salvation, deliverance.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.