Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.” New Living Translation You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!” English Standard Version you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’ Berean Standard Bible You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” King James Bible Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. New King James Version You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.” New American Standard Bible You have heard my voice, “Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief, From my cry for help.” NASB 1995 You have heard my voice, “Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.” NASB 1977 Thou hast heard my voice, “Do not hide Thine ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.” Legacy Standard Bible You have heard my voice, “Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.” Amplified Bible You have heard my voice, “Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.” Christian Standard Bible You heard my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief. Holman Christian Standard Bible You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief. American Standard Version Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Contemporary English Version I begged you to listen. "Help!" I shouted. "Save me!" You answered my prayer English Revised Version Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen to my cry [for help]. Don't close your ears when I cry out for relief. Good News Translation And when I begged you to listen to my cry, you heard. International Standard Version You heard my voice— don't close your ear to my sighs and cries. Majority Standard Bible You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” NET Bible You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!" New Heart English Bible You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry. World English Bible You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have heard my voice, do not hide Your ear at my breathing—at my cry. Young's Literal Translation My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry. Smith's Literal Translation Thou heardest my voice: thou wilt not hide thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleCoph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries. Catholic Public Domain Version COPH. You have heard my voice. Do not turn away your ear from my sobbing and my cries. New American Bible You heard me call, “Do not let your ear be deaf to my cry for help.” New Revised Standard Version you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou didst hear my voice; turn not thine ear to my cry; but relieve me and save me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You heard my voice. “Do not incline your ear, but free me and save me!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication. 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.” 57You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”… Cross References Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. 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 116:1-2 I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. / Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. Psalm 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. Psalm 145:19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them. 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 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Psalm 69:33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. Psalm 102:17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer. Isaiah 65:24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 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. 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:9-10 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. John 14:13-14 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. Treasury of Scripture You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry. hast 2 Chronicles 33:13,19 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God… Job 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. Psalm 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. hide Psalm 55:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Psalm 88:13,14 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee… Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Jump to Previous Breathing Close Cry Ear Ears Hear Heard Heardest Help Hide Plea Prayer Relief Shut Sighing VoiceJump to Next Breathing Close Cry Ear Ears Hear Heard Heardest Help Hide Plea Prayer Relief Shut Sighing VoiceLamentations 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 You heard my plea This phrase begins with an acknowledgment of God's attentiveness to the cries of His people. The Hebrew root for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and responding. In the historical context of Lamentations, the Israelites were in deep distress due to the destruction of Jerusalem. This plea is a cry for help, and the acknowledgment that God hears is a profound comfort. It reassures believers that God is not distant or indifferent to their suffering. Do not ignore my cry for relief At my breathing--i.e., the "sighs" or "sobs" of the mourner. Verse 56. - At my breathing; rather, at my sighing; literally, at my relieving myself.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You heardשָׁמָ֑עְתָּ (šā·mā·‘ə·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently my plea: קוֹלִ֖י (qō·w·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound “Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not ignore תַּעְלֵ֧ם (ta‘·lêm) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal my cry לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ (lə·šaw·‘ā·ṯî) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7775: A cry for help for relief.” לְרַוְחָתִ֖י (lə·raw·ḥā·ṯî) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7309: Respite, relief Links Lamentations 3:56 NIVLamentations 3:56 NLT Lamentations 3:56 ESV Lamentations 3:56 NASB Lamentations 3:56 KJV Lamentations 3:56 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:56 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:56 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:56 French Bible Lamentations 3:56 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:56 You heard my voice (Lam. 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