Lamentations 3:56
My voice, thou hast heard,—do not close thine ear to my respite, to mine outcry;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
In Context
55I have called upon thy Name, O Yahweh, out of the dungeon below;
57Thou drewest near, in the day I kept calling on thee, thou saidst, Do not fear!
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:19both his prayer and how [God] was entreated of him—and all his sin and his treacherous act, and the sites whereon he built high places, and set up the Sacred Stems and the images, before he humbled himself, there they are, written in the story of the seers.
Psalms 3:4With my voice—unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.]
Psalms 5:3O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;
Psalms 6:9Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer.
Psalms 55:1Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:
Psalms 55:18He hath completely redeemed my soul, out of the attack upon me, For, in multitudes, were they [in conflict] with me.
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 →