Lamentations 3:57
Thou wast ever near on the day that I called on thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56Thou didst hear my voice: hide not thy ear to give me enlargement at my cry.
58Thou didst plead, O Lord, the causes of my soul: thou didst [before this] redeem my life.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus hath said the Lord, Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Psalms 138:3On the day when I called didst thou answer me, and raise me up with strength in my soul.
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 the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 43:1But now thus hath said 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; mine art thou.
Jeremiah 1:17But do thou gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I may command thee; be not discouraged because of them, lest I humble 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 →