Lamentations 3:59 Meaning and Explanation
“O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Since the LORD has seen the wrong done to him, the sufferer asks Him to judge his cause.
What Does Lamentations 3:59 Mean?
'O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong.' The sufferer rests in the assurance that God has witnessed the injustice done to him. Nothing was hidden from God's eye; the wrong was seen. This is itself a comfort to the mistreated — that God sees what has been done, even when no one else does.
'Judge thou my cause.' Because God has seen, the sufferer can entrust the verdict to him. He does not take vengeance into his own hands but asks the righteous Judge to render judgment. This is the proper response of faith to being wronged: to bring the case to God, confident that the One who has seen will also judge rightly. Having been redeemed, the sufferer now leaves justice where it belongs, in the hands of God.
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What does Lamentations 3:59 mean?
Since the LORD has seen the wrong done to him, the sufferer asks Him to judge his cause.