Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsO Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC