Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
59O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'
Job 35:14Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
Psalms 34:22(34-23) The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants; and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.
Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them; for unto Thee have I revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the pit; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
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 →