"Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands." — Lamentations 3:64

Lamentations 3:64 · KJV

“Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.”

— Lamentations 3:64

Verse 63

Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their musick.

Verse 65

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. {sorrow...: or, obstinacy of heart}

Lamentations 3 — Context

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their musick.

Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. {sorrow...: or, obstinacy of heart}

Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Cross References

Psalms 28:4

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Revelation 6:10

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.