Lamentations 3:57
You drew near to my help: in the day wherein I called upon you you said to me, Fear not.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56You heard my voice: close not your ears to my supplication.
58RECHS. O Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:6And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you⌃ say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed.
Psalms 138:3You have traced my path and my + 138:3 q.d. of rushes, lit. rush. bed, and have foreseen all my ways. 1
Isaiah 41:10Fear not; for I am with you: wander not; for I am your God, who have strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with my just right hand.
Isaiah 43:1And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.
Jeremiah 1:17And do you gird up your loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command you: be not afraid of their face, neither be you alarmed before them; for I am with you to deliver you, says 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 →