Lamentations 3:57

57 Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.

Lamentations 3:57 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee
When persons draw nigh to God in a way of duty, and particularly in this of prayer, and calling on his name; he draws nigh to them in a way of grace and mercy, and manifests himself to them, and works salvation for them. The Targum is,

``thou didst cause an angel to draw near to deliver me in the day that I prayed unto thee:''

thou saidst, fear not;
any of thine enemies; or that thou shouldest not be delivered from them; see ( Isaiah 41:10 ) .

Lamentations 3:57 In-Context

55 KOPH. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.

56 Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication.

57 Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.

58 RECHS. O Lord, thou has pleaded the causes of my soul; thou has redeemed my life.

59 Thou hast seen, O Lord, my troubles: thou hast judged my cause.