Lamentations 3:64
You return to them the deed, O YHWH, || According to the work of their hands.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
In Context
63Their sitting down, and their rising up, || Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
65You give to them a covered heart, || Your curse to them.
Cross References
Psalms 28:4Give to them according to their acting, || And according to the evil of their doings. Give to them according to the work of their hands. Return their deed to them.
Jeremiah 15:15You, You have known, O YHWH, || Remember me, and inspect me, || And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, || In Your long-suffering do not take me away, || Know [that] I have borne reproach for You.
Jeremiah 51:56For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, || And her mighty ones have been captured, || Their bows have been broken, || For the God of recompenses—YHWH—certainly repays.
Revelation 6:10and they were crying with a great voice, saying, “Until when, O Master, the Holy and the True, do You not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling on the earth?”
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 →