Lamentations 3:56
Thou didst hear my voice: hide not thy ear to give me enlargement at my cry.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
In Context
55I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the dungeon of the lowest depth.
57Thou wast ever near on the day that I called on thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer also, and [how God] was entreated of him, and all his sins and his faithlessness, and the places whereon he built high-places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written in the history of Chozai.
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 do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order [my prayer] before thee, and 1ook up with hope.
Psalms 6:9(6:10) The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will accept my prayer.
Psalms 55:1“To the chief musician on Neginoth, a Maskil of David.” (55:2) Give ear, O God, to my prayer, and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms 55:18(55:19) He delivereth my soul in peace from the battle against me; for in multitudes are they [contending] 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 →