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What does Lamentations 3:59 mean?
"Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause."
— Lamentations 3:59 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
Explanation
Lamentations 3:59 comes near the end of a long personal lament in which the speaker—traditionally understood to be the prophet Jeremiah—cries out for God to see the injustice he has suffered and to act as his judge. In plain language, the verse is a plea: "Lord, you have witnessed the wrong done to me; now please rule in my favor." The phrase "my wrong" refers not to sin the speaker has committed, but to the injustice and mistreatment inflicted on him by his enemies. He is asking God to function like a judge in a courtroom, examining the evidence and
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