Lamentations 3:58
O LORD, thou have pleaded the causes of my soul. Thou have redeemed my life.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Thou drew near in the day that I called upon thee. Thou said, Fear not.
59O LORD, thou have seen my wrong. Judge thou my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the [heavenly] agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Job 35:14How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
Psalms 34:22LORD redeems the soul of his servants, and none of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
Psalms 103:4who redeems thy life from destruction, who crowns thee with loving kindness and tender mercies,
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my case.
Jeremiah 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:56-66
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. ( b. c. 588.) 55 I called upon thy name, O Lord , out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59 O Lord , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their… Read the whole commentary →