Lamentations 3:59 (GNV)

Passage

O Lord, thou hast seene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

Lamentations 3:58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:59 O Lord, thou hast seene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.

Lamentations 3:60 Thou hast seene all their vengeance, and all their deuises against me.

Lamentations 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproch, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "thou", "hast", "seene", "wrong", "iudge", and "cause". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 58's "O Lord thou hast maintained the cause..." into verse 60's "Thou hast seene all their vengeance and...", so "lord" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.