Charles Spurgeon Commentary Lamentations 3:24

"Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him." — Lamentations 3:24 (ASV)

Therefore will I hope in him.

If I cannot cast the anchor of hope anywhere else, I may "hope in him"; and what better hope do I want than that?

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul;

What! With his mouth full of gravel stones, and made drunken with wormwood, overwhelmed with sorrow, yet he says, the Lord is my portion.

Oh, yes, beloved, whatever else we have lost, we have not lost our God.

The thieves have robbed us of our little spare cash, but they could not get at the gold that we have in the bank. They could not break into the great treasure-house of everlasting love.

John Bunyan says, "Little-Faith lost his spending-money, but the thieves could not find his jewels."

Nor can they find ours; they are all safe. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul;