Lamentations 3:36
LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
In Context
35LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
37MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1“If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.
Psalms 94:5For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
Isaiah 59:15And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
Lamentations 3:59RES. You have seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me. Judge my case.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →