Lamentations 3:58
Thou didst plead, O Lord, the causes of my soul: thou didst [before this] redeem my life.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Thou wast ever near on the day that I called on thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
59Thou hast [now] seen, O Lord, the wrong I suffer: judge thou my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Job 35:14Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
Psalms 34:22(34:23) The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and all that trust in him shall not incur guiltiness.
Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth from the pit thy life; who crowneth thee with kindness and 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 entrusted my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the pit: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
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 →