Lamentations 3:58
Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
In Context
57Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
59Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'
Job 35:14Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Psalms 34:22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, And none trusting in Him are desolate!
Psalms 103:4Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee — kindness and mercies,
Jeremiah 11:20And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'
Jeremiah 38:13and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
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 →