Lamentations 3:56
You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
57You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
Psalms 6:9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Psalms 55:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
Psalms 55:18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose 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 →