Lamentations 3:57
Thou drewest nigh to my help: 1 In the day wherein I called upon thee 1 Thou saidst to me, Fear not. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56Thou heardest my voice: 1 Close not thine ears to my supplication. 1
58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; 1 Thou hast redeemed my life. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 19:6And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed.
Psalms 138:3Thou hast traced my path and my bed, 1 And hast foreseen all my ways. 1
Isaiah 41:10Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
Isaiah 43:1And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Jeremiah 1:17And do thou gird up thy loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command thee: be not afraid of their face, neither be thou alarmed before them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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 →