Lamentations 3:58
Thou hast pleaded, O My Lord, the pleas of my soul, hast redeemed my life;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Thou drewest near, in the day I kept calling on thee, thou saidst, Do not fear!
59Thou hast beheld, O Yahweh, my failure to get justice, Pronounce thou my sentence;
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The Messenger—who hath been my redeemer from all evil—bless the lads! And may there be called upon them, my name, and the name of my fathers. Abraham and Isaac; And may they swarm into a multitude, in the midst of the earth!
Job 35:14How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
Psalms 34:22Yahweh ransometh the soul of his servants, And none shall be held guilty, who seek refuge in him.
Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:
Jeremiah 11:20But, O Yahweh of hosts Who judgest righteously, Who triest affections and intellect,—Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 38:13Then drew they Jeremiah with the ropes, and lifted him up out of the dungeon,—and Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.
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 →