Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
In Context
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right of the poor of My people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
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 →