Lamentations 3:58
You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
59You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
Psalms 103:4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
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 →