Lamentations 3:56
My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
In Context
55I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
57You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.
Psalms 3:4\3:3\But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.
Psalms 5:3\5:2\Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.
Psalms 6:9\6:8\Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 55:1To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.
Psalms 55:18\55:17\In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
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 →