Lamentations 3:26

“Good it is that one should await, and silently, the salvation of YHWH.”

Lamentations 3:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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In the midst of lament, it is said to be good to wait quietly for YHWH's salvationWaiting on God

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Lamentations 3:26, word by word

Good it isטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears
that one should awaitיָחִילyachil

waiting patiently

Waiting with patience and expectation.

Where else “yachil” appears
and silentlyדוּמָםdumam

silently, in silence

Silently, quietly, in stillness.

Where else “dumam” appears
the salvationתְשׁוּעַתteshuat

deliverance

When YHWH rescues.

Where else “teshuat” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

25Good is YHWH to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

26 · This verse (above)

27Good it is for the man that he bear a yoke in his youth.

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