Lamentations 3:58

Resh

58 You defend my cause, Lord;^[a] You redeem my life.^[b]

Lamentations 3:58 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:58

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul
Or, causes of "my soul", or "life" ^F21; such as concerned his soul and life: not one only, but many of them; and this respects not Jeremiah only, and the Lord's pleading his cause against Zedekiah and his nobles; but the people of the Jews in former times, when in Egypt, and in the times of the judges: thou hast redeemed my life;
by delivering out of the pit and dungeon, where it was in danger; and not only him, but the whole body of the people of old out of Egypt, and out of the hands of their enemies, the Philistines and others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yvpn ybyr) "causas animaa meae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Lamentations 3:58 In-Context

56 You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief.

57 You come near when I call on You; You say: "Do not be afraid."

58 You defend my cause, Lord; You redeem my life.

59 Lord, You see the wrong done to me; judge my case.

60 You see all their malice, all their plots against me.

Footnotes

• [a] Ps 43:1; Pr 23:11; Jr 50:34
• [b] Ps 103:4; 119:154