Lamentations 3:58
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
World English Bible Updated
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 in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
59LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Job 35:14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
Psalms 103:4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
Jeremiah 11:20But, LORD of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court 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 →