Lamentations 3:25

ט (Tet)

3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust ¹  in him,

to the one ²  who seeks him.

Lamentations 3:38

3:38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes –

both calamity and blessing? ³ 

[3:25]  ¹ tn Heb “wait for him”

[3:25]  ² 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”).

[3:38]  ³ tn Heb “From the mouth of the Most High does it not go forth, both evil and good?”