Lamentations 3:35
To pervert the justice [due to man] before the face of the Most High.
Leeser Tanakh
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 his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
36To subvert a man in his contest—should the Lord not see this?
Cross References
Isaiah 10:2To turn aside from judgment the needy, and to rob the just due of the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may plunder the fatherless!
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 →