Lamentations 3:57
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
58O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:6And Isaiah said unto them: 'Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith the LORD: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
Psalms 138:3In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.
Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee; yea, I uphold thee with My victorious right hand.
Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.
Jeremiah 1:17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee; be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
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 →