Lamentations 3:56
Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
In Context
55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.
Psalms 3:4(3-5) With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah
Psalms 5:3(5-4) O LORD, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.
Psalms 6:9(6-10) The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD receiveth my prayer.
Psalms 55:1(55-1) For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David. (55-2) Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
Psalms 55:18(55-19) He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me.
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 →