Discovery BoxLamentations 3:18 
Context3:18 So I said, “My endurance has expired;
I have lost all hope of deliverance 1 from the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:24-25
Context3:24 “My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself, 2
so I will put my hope in him.
ט (Tet)
3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust 3 in him,
to the one 4 who seeks him.
1 tn Heb “and my hope from the
2 tn Heb “My soul said…” The term נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= my soul) for the whole person (= I ).
3 tn Heb “wait for him”
4 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”).
