Thomas Aquinas Commentary Lamentations 3:25-27

"Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." — Lamentations 3:25-27 (ASV)

Here he shows the divine mercy through the expectation of future benefits.

First, he presents the expectation.

Second, he presents the condition of the one waiting: he shall sit solitary, and hold his peace (Lamentations 3:28).

Concerning the first point, he does three things:

1. He presents the fruit of waiting: the LORD is good, as if spreading His own goodness. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart! (Psalms 72:1).
2. He presents the manner of waiting: it is good to wait with silence, patiently and without murmuring. In silence and in hope shall your strength be (Isaiah 30:15).
3. He presents the time of waiting: it is good for a man, when he has borne the yoke, of the fear of the Lord and of love, from his youth, so that the turbulent age of youth may be calmed and more easily accustomed to what is good. A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6).