Lamentations 3:56
Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
In Context
55Koph. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.
57Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19behold, they are in the account of his prayer; and God hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers.
Psalms 3:4But thou, O Lord, art my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head.
Psalms 5:3Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray.
Psalms 6:9Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 55:1For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the + 55:1 Or, holy things.sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.
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 →