Lamentations 3:64
Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
In Context
63Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
65Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
Cross References
Psalms 28:4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.
Jeremiah 15:15Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know — I have borne for Thee reproach.
Jeremiah 51:56For come in against it — against Babylon — hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences — Jehovah — doth certainly repay.
Revelation 6:10and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'
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 →