KJV King James Version
The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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Lamentations 3:24
The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 [It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 [It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.Psalm 16:5The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.Psalm 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.Lamentations 3:21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.Psalm 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;Psalm 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.Jeremiah 51:19The 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.Psalm 31:24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.1 Samuel 30:6And 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.Romans 15:12And 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.1 Peter 1:21Who 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.Psalm 42:11Why 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.1 Chronicles 5:20And 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.Jeremiah 10:16The 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.Psalm 84:12O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.Psalm 130:7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.Psalm 43:5Why 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.
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