Lamentations 3:59
in Lamentations 3You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
KJV
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause
on Lamentations 3:59-66
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause turns the chapter's last unit toward the enemies who chased and mocked the sufferer, the case brought to the Judge rather than settled by the sufferer himself. Thou hast heard their reproach and their imaginations against me, the lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day, catalogues the hostility in detail before the closing plea. Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands asks for exact justice rather than excess, and persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord closes the chapter on the same imprecatory note that closed chapter 1, the bench reading these prayers as appeals to God's own justice rather than private vengeance, the sufferer's case handed over rather than taken into his own hands.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָאִ֤יתָה | raitah | you have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י | ʾavatati | oppression my | H5792 → | |
| שָׁפְטָ֖ה | shafetah | judge ! | H8199 → | |
| מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | mishpati | judgment my | H4941 → |
רָאִ֤יתָהyou have seen
raitahH7200 →1300 times
יְהוָה֙O Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔יoppression my
ʾavatatiH5792 →
שָׁפְטָ֖הjudge !
shafetahH8199 →
מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃judgment my
mishpatiH4941 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 35:1Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
it leads to
- Psalms 43:1
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
- Psalms 119:154
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
- Isaiah 49:25
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with…
- Proverbs 22:23
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
- Psalms 43:1
Through
1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 Peter 4:19
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- Isaiah 53:7
Through
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
it leads to
- Psalms 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 7:8
Where this verse is studied
No study on the site is anchored to this verse yet.
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- Great Is Thy Faithfulness: Lamentations 3:22–24 · MannaFest
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- The Weeping Prophet — the Confessions of Jeremiah
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About Lamentations
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.