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Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
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God, Your Divine Advocate
Commentators explain that this verse portrays God as a divine lawyer who "pleads the causes" of His people. Unlike a human advocate who might try and fail, God's pleading is always successful because He is also the Redeemer who delivers us (Calvin). He acts as our "next-of-kin protector," taking on the legal battles that concern our very life and soul (Barnes, Ellicott).
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lamentations 3:55: A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.
Out of the low dungeon - The lowest p…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul—i.e., Jehovah had appeared as the advocate, or next-of-kin protector, of…
Baptist
You have redeemed my life.
He who is our Advocate is also our Redeemer, and therefore we are doubly safe. Glory be to his name!
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16th Century
Protestant
For the same purpose, he now says that God had been his judge to undertake his cause, and not only once, for He had contended for him as though He …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Lord, you have pleaded the cause of my soul Or, causes of "my soul", or "life" F21 ; such as concerned …
Faith emerges victorious, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of m…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here he commends justice to the judge: you have judged, in past times; do so also now. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my caus…
