Lamentations 3:57
Be near to me, when I call upon thee! Say, “Fear not!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56Hear thou my voice! hide not thine ear from my cry for relief!
58Thou maintainest my cause, O Lord; thou redeemest my life!
Cross References
Psalms 138:3In the day when I called, thou didst hear me; Thou didst strengthen me, and encourage my soul.
Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with thee; Faint not, for I, thy God, will strengthen thee; I will help thee, and sustain thee, with my right hand of salvation!
Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, That formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by name; thou art mine!
Jeremiah 1:17Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee; be not afraid of them, lest I confound thee before them.
Acts 27:24saying, Fear not, Paul! Thou must stand before Caesar; and lo, God hath given thee all those that sail with thee.
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 →