King James Version

Lamentations 3:58

O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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רַ֧בְתָּravtaadversaryרִיבverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “adversary”, a completed actionH7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defendadversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.אֲדֹנָ֛יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.רִיבֵ֥יrivecauseרִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7379a contest (personal or legal)[phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.נַפְשִׁ֖יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…גָּאַ֥לְתָּgaaltaavengerגָּאַלverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “avenger”, a completed actionH1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.חַיָּֽיchayaylifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.

World English Bible

Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

Darby Translation

Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

Douay-Rheims

Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Rechs. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΡΗΧΣ. Ἐδίκασας, Κύριε, τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου, ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου.