Lamentations 3:58
Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.
59Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.
Job 35:14Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.
Psalms 34:22The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.
Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.
Jeremiah 11:20But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13And they drew up Jeremias with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.
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 →