Lamentations 3:58

58 Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of 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 Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

57 Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

58 Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

59 Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

60 Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.