Lamentations 3:57 (KJV)

Passage

Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Lamentations 3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "thou", "drewest", "near", "upon", "thee", and "saidst". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 56's "Thou hast heard my voice hide not..." into verse 58's "O LORD thou hast pleaded the causes...", so "called" 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 "called" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.