Lamentations 3:58

58 O Lord, you have pleaded for {my cause}, you have redeemed my life.

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 have heard my cry, "Do not shut your ear to my cry for help, for my relief!"

57 You came near on a day [when] I called you, you said, "Do not fear!"

58 O Lord, you have pleaded for {my cause}, you have redeemed my life.

59 You have seen my injustice, O Yahweh; judge my case.

60 You have seen all their vengeance, all there plans against me.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the legal disputes of my soul"