Text -- Lamentations 3:23 (NET)

3:23 They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lam 3:23

¹ tn Heb “they are new.”

² tn The adjective רַב (rav) has a broad range of meanings: (1) quantitative: “much, numerous, many (with plurals), abundant, enough, exceedingly” and (2) less often in a qualitative sense: “great” (a) of space and location, (b) “strong” as opposed to “weak” and (c) “major.” The traditional translation, “great is thy faithfulness,” is less likely than the quantitative sense: “your faithfulness is abundant” [or, “plentiful”]. NJPS is on target in its translation: “Ample is your grace!”