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God’s Justice

Lamentations 3:55

In 11 translations

BSB
I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
KJV
¶ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
WEB
I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
ASV
I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
LSV
I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.
YLT
I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
DBY
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
DRC
Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.
GNV
I called vpon thy Name, O Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.
JPS
I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
LXXE
Koph. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.

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Original-language editions

WLC
קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
ΚΩΦ. Ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου·

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  • Acts 16:24–28On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.…
  • 2 Chronicles 33:11–12So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. And in his distress, Manasseh…
  • Psalms 116:3–4The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
  • Jonah 2:2–4saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled…
  • Psalms 40:1–2I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  • Psalms 69:13–18But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation. Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the…
  • Psalms 130:1–2Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
  • Psalms 18:5–6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
  • Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and…
  • Psalms 142:3–7Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me. Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I…

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