Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
59O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Job 35:14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
Psalms 34:22\34:21\Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.
Psalms 103:4He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
Jeremiah 11:20But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
Jeremiah 38:13So pulling Jeremiah up with the cords they got him out of the water-hole: and Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
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 →