Lamentations 3:59
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
- KJV
- O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
- WEB
- LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
- DARBY
- Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
- BLB
- You have seen, O YHWH, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
- ÅB
- Herre, du har sett den urett jeg har lidt; døm i min sak!
- OTB
- Herre, du har sett uretten som er gjort mot meg. Støtt min sak!
- B1930
- Herre, du har sett den urett jeg har lidt; døm i min sak!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Read in contextPsalms 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Read in contextGenesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Read in contextPsalms 26:1
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Read in context1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Read in contextPsalms 35:1
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:18–23
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:7–10
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
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