“ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. ”
A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “ The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6 . Some consider that Psalms 69 was composed by Jer...
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my (z) soul; thou hast redeemed my life. (z) Meaning, the reason his life was in danger.
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lam...
redeemed. Hebrew. ga'al. See note on Exodus 6:6 .
For the same purpose he now says, that God had been his judge to undertake his cause, and not only once, for he had contended for him as though he had been his perpetual advocate. The meaning i...
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. Jeremiah cites God's gracious answers to his prayers, in times past, as an encouragement to his fellow-countrymen t...
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought...
Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul — i.e., Jehovah had appeared as the advocate, or next-of-kin protector, of the prophet in the persecutions which were aimed against his life. Another perso...
DE PROFUNDIS Lamentations 3:55-66 As this third elegy-the richest and the most elaborate of the five that constitute the Book of Lamentations-draws to a close it retains its curious characte...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows, r...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul ,.... Or, causes of "my soul", or "life" u; such as concerned his soul and life: not one only, but many of them; and this respects not Jeremiah only, a...
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. Ver. 58. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul. ] Whereof those Babylonians were no just judges. Thou hast...
Mine enemies chased me sore “The prophet in this, and the following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him and put him into the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16 ; Jeremiah 38:6...
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. B. C. 588. 55 I called upon thy name, O...
Thou hast been wont to take my part against my enemies, not like a lawyer by word of mouth, but actually and really pleading my cause. Thou hast redeemed my life; thou hast saved me from many a dange...
The Prophet Looks Back On His Own Experiences And Calls On YHWH To Avenge Him ( Lamentations 3:52-66 ). The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in Lamentations 3:1-18 b...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (צ) Lamentations 3:52 . They have hunted me down like a bird is hunted when pursued with the eagerness of those who are my enemies without cause, and who will not relax ef...
redeemed Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ).
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition.» Well then, be thankful that you are not, and whi...
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistich...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION...
Prayer for Deliverance
Acts 18:9 ; Acts 27:24 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 43:1 ; Isaiah 43:2 ; Isaiah 58:9 ; James 4:8 ; Jeremiah 1:17 ; Psalms 145:18 ; Psalms 69:18 ; Revelation 1:17 ; Revelation 2...
O Lord — Thou hast been wont to take my part against my enemies.