Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, Lord, out of the depths of the pit.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
In Context
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'QOPH
56You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore the Lord brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Psalms 40:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.I waited patiently for the Lord.He turned to me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me,the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,you knew my path.In the way in which I walk,they have hidden a snare for me.
Jonah 2:2He said,"I called because of my affliction to the Lord.He answered me.Out of the belly of Sheol I cried.You heard my voice.
Acts 16:24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →