Lamentations 3:25

ט (Tet)

3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust in him,

to the one who seeks him.

Lamentations 3:30

3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him;

let him have his fill of insults.


tn Heb “wait for him”

tn Heb “to the soul…” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= “the soul who seeks him”) for the whole person (= “the person who seeks him”).

tn Heb “to the smiter.”