Parallel Bible results for "Lamentations 3:56-66"

Lamentations 3:56-66

Revised Standard Version RSV

56 thou didst hear my plea, 'Do not close thine ear to my cry for help!'

57 Thou didst come near when I called on thee; thou didst say, 'Do not fear!'

58 "Thou hast taken up my cause, O Lord, thou hast redeemed my life.

59 Thou hast seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge thou my cause.

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their devices against me.

61 "Thou hast heard their taunts, O LORD, all their devices against me.

62 The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.

63 Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the burden of their songs.

64 "Thou wilt requite them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

65 Thou wilt give them dullness of heart; thy curse will be on them.

66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thy heavens, O LORD."

New International Version NIV

56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”

57 You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”

58 You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.

59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!

60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.

61 LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

62 what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.

63 Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.

64 Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done.

65 Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!

66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.