Lamentations 3:58

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