Lamentations 3:58
Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life! 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57You came near on the day I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear.' 1
59Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case. 1
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the angel who has protected me from all harm, may he bless these boys. 1 May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. 1 May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
Job 35:14How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, 1 that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him! 1
Psalms 34:22Yahweh rescues the lives of his servants. 1 None of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalms 103:4He redeems your life from destruction; 1 he crowns you with covenant faithfulness and acts of tender mercy. 1
Jeremiah 11:20Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind. 1 I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
Jeremiah 38:13Then they pulled Jeremiah by the ropes. In this way they brought him up from the cistern. So Jeremiah stayed 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 →