Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. New Living Translation But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the pit. English Standard Version “I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit; Berean Standard Bible I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. King James Bible I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. New King James Version I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit. New American Standard Bible I called on Your name, LORD, Out of the lowest pit. NASB 1995 I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. NASB 1977 I called on Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. Legacy Standard Bible I called on Your name, O Yahweh, Out of the lowest pit. Amplified Bible I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. Christian Standard Bible I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. Holman Christian Standard Bible I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit. American Standard Version I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon. Contemporary English Version From the bottom of the pit, I prayed to you, LORD. English Revised Version I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon. GOD'S WORD® Translation "I call your name from the deepest pit, O LORD. Good News Translation "From the bottom of the pit, O LORD, I cried out to you, International Standard Version I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit, Majority Standard Bible I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. NET Bible I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit. New Heart English Bible I called on your name, LORD, out of the depths of the pit. Webster's Bible Translation I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. World English Bible I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit. Young's Literal Translation I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. Smith's Literal Translation I called thy name, O Jehovah, in the pit underneath. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleCoph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit. Catholic Public Domain Version COPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, from the furthest pit. New American Bible I have called upon your name, O LORD, from the bottom of the pit; New Revised Standard Version I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the depths of the pit. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Qoph I cried your name, LORD JEHOVAH, from the pit below OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon. Brenton Septuagint Translation KOPH. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Deliverance55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. 56You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”… Cross References Psalm 130:1 A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! Jonah 2:2 saying: “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. Psalm 40:1-2 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I 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. Psalm 18:6 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. Psalm 69:14-15 Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. / Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. Psalm 86:13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. Psalm 116:3-4 The 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!” Psalm 142:1-2 A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. / I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him. Psalm 143:3-4 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. / My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Jeremiah 38:6 So 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 Jeremiah sank down into the mud. 2 Samuel 22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears. Job 30:20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me. Psalm 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. Psalm 88:6-7 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah Treasury of Scripture I called on your name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 2 Chronicles 33:11,12 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon… Psalm 18:5,6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me… Psalm 40:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry… Jump to Previous Depths Dungeon Lowest Making Pit Prayer PrisonJump to Next Depths Dungeon Lowest Making Pit Prayer PrisonLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies I called The Hebrew word used here is "קָרָאתִי" (qara'ti), which conveys a sense of crying out or summoning. This is not a casual mention but an earnest plea, reflecting a deep, personal communication with God. In the context of Lamentations, this calling is an act of desperation and faith, acknowledging that God is the only one who can truly hear and respond to the cries of His people. Historically, calling upon the name of the Lord is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, signifying reliance on God's power and presence. on Your name O LORD out of the depths of the Pit Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I called onקָרָ֤אתִי (qā·rā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read Your name, שִׁמְךָ֙ (šim·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name O LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel out of the depths תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ (taḥ·tî·yō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8482: Lowermost, the depths of the Pit. מִבּ֖וֹר (mib·bō·wr) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well Links Lamentations 3:55 NIVLamentations 3:55 NLT Lamentations 3:55 ESV Lamentations 3:55 NASB Lamentations 3:55 KJV Lamentations 3:55 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:55 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:55 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:55 French Bible Lamentations 3:55 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:55 I called on your name Yahweh out (Lam. La Lm) |