until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
Parallel translations
- WEB until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
- KJV Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
- NKJV Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
- NASB Until the Lord looks down And sees from heaven.
- NLT until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
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Quick answer
He will weep until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven.
Overview
The tears of verse 49 continue 'until Yahweh looks down,' tying the lament to hope that God will intervene. The poet waits for God to take notice and act in mercy. This expectant waiting reflects faith that God is not indifferent and will, in time, regard His people, supremely shown in His sending of Christ (Ps. 102:19-20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- Lam 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
- Ps 80:14–16Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
- Ps 102:19–20For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- Lam 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Isa 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
- Dan 9:16–19O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
- Isa 62:6–7On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
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