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Text -- Lamentations 3:59 (NET)

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3:59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf!
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Lam 3:58-60 - -- Jeremiah cites God's gracious answers to his prayers as an encouragement to his fellow countrymen, to trust in Him.

Jeremiah cites God's gracious answers to his prayers as an encouragement to his fellow countrymen, to trust in Him.

JFB: Lam 3:58-60 - -- (Psa 35:1; Mic 7:9).

JFB: Lam 3:59 - -- God's past deliverances and His knowledge of Judah's wrongs are made the grounds of prayer for relief.

God's past deliverances and His knowledge of Judah's wrongs are made the grounds of prayer for relief.

Calvin: Lam 3:59 - -- The word עותתי , outti, is rendered by some “iniquity,” but in an ironical sense, as though the Prophet had said, “Thou, God, knowest wh...

The word עותתי , outti, is rendered by some “iniquity,” but in an ironical sense, as though the Prophet had said, “Thou, God, knowest whether I have offended.” But the word is to be taken passively; the verb עות , out, means, to subvert, as we have elsewhere seen, even in this chapter. Then, by his subversion, he means oppression, even when his adversaries unworthily trod him under their feet. And hence he asks God at the same time to judge his judgment, that is, to undertake his cause, and to appear as his defender, as he had formerly done; for he saw his subversion, that is, he saw that he was unjustly cast down and laid prostrate by the wicked. It follows, —

TSK: Lam 3:59 - -- thou hast : Jer 11:19-21, Jer 15:10, Jer 18:18-23, Jer 20:7-10, 37:1-38:28 judge : Gen 31:42; Psa 9:4, Psa 26:1, Psa 35:1, Psa 35:23, Psa 43:1; 1Pe 2:...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Lam 3:55-66 - -- A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lam 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - " The lowest pit"of Psa 88:6. Some consider...

A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.

Lam 3:55

Out of the low dungeon - " The lowest pit"of Psa 88:6. Some consider that Ps. 69 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jer 38:6 note).

Lam 3:56

Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies "Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,"i. e. to my cry for relief.

Lam 3:58

God now appears as the prophet’ s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul, i. e. the controversies which concern his salvation. and rescuing his life, in jeopardy through the malice of his enemies.

Lam 3:59

Wrong - Done to him by the perversion of justice.

Lam 3:60, Lam 3:61

Imaginations - Or, devices.

Lam 3:63

Their sitting down, and their rising up - i. e. all the ordinary actions of their life.

Musick - Or, song, "the subject of it."

Lam 3:64-66

The versions render the verbs in these verses as futures, "Thou shalt render unto them a recompence,"etc.

Lam 3:65

Give them sorrow of heart - Or, "Thou wilt give them"blindness "of heart."

Lam 3:66

Persecute ... - Or, pursue them in anger and destroy them, etc.

Poole: Lam 3:59 - -- Thou hast a perfect knowledge of men’ s perverse and unrighteous dealings with me at this time; do thou judge betwixt me and mine enemies, and ...

Thou hast a perfect knowledge of men’ s perverse and unrighteous dealings with me at this time; do thou judge betwixt me and mine enemies, and deal with them according to what shall appear just to thee.

Haydock: Lam 3:59 - -- Judge what they have judged unjustly. (Worthington)

Judge what they have judged unjustly. (Worthington)

Gill: Lam 3:59 - -- O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong,.... Or, "my perverseness" w; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that was done to him and them by t...

O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong,.... Or, "my perverseness" w; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that was done to him and them by their enemies; how perverse and ill natured they had been to them; how badly they had used them; what injuries they had done them; none of which escaped the omniscience of God, to which the appeal is made; and upon this follows a petition:

judge thou my cause; the present one; as thou hast pleaded and judged many already, do me justice, right my wrongs, an, save me from mine enemies; and let it appear to all the world my cause is just, and they are in the wrong.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lam 3:59 Heb “Please judge my judgment.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Lam 3:1-66 - --1 The prophet bewails his own calamities.22 By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope.37 He acknowledges God's justice.55 He prays for deliverance,...

MHCC: Lam 3:55-66 - --Faith comes off conqueror, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mer...

Matthew Henry: Lam 3:55-66 - -- We may observe throughout this chapter a struggle in the prophet's breast between sense and faith, fear and hope; he complains and then comforts him...

Keil-Delitzsch: Lam 3:55-66 - -- Prayer for deliverance, and confident trust in its realization. Lam 3:55. "Out of the lowest pit I call, O Lord, on Thy name;" cf. Psa 88:7, Psa 88:...

Constable: Lam 3:1-66 - --III. The prophet's response to divine judgment (the third lament) ch. 3 As mentioned previously, this lament is ...

Constable: Lam 3:41-66 - --C. Jeremiah's prayer 3:41-66 The following section of the lament falls into two parts marked by Jeremiah's use of the plural (vv. 41-47) and singular ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Lamentations (Book Introduction) In the Hebrew Bible these Elegies of Jeremiah, five in number, are placed among the Chetuvim, or "Holy Writings" ("the Psalms," &c., Luk 24:44), betwe...

JFB: Lamentations (Outline) THE SAD CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM, THE HOPE OF RESTORATION, AND THE RETRIBUTION AWAITING IDUMEA FOR JOINING BABYLON AGAINST JUDEA. (Lam. 4:1-22) EPIPHONEM...

TSK: Lamentations 3 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Lam 3:1, The prophet bewails his own calamities; Lam 3:22, By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope; Lam 3:37, He acknowledges God’...

Poole: Lamentations (Book Introduction) LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT This book in Greek, Latin, and English hath its name from the subject matter of it, which is lamentation; s...

Poole: Lamentations 3 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 3 The faithful bewail their misery and contempt, Lam 3:1-21 . They nourish their hope by consideration of the justice, providence, and merc...

MHCC: Lamentations (Book Introduction) It is evident that Jeremiah was the author of the Lamentations which bear his name. The book was not written till after the destruction of Jerusalem b...

MHCC: Lamentations 3 (Chapter Introduction) The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies.

Matthew Henry: Lamentations (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Lamentations of Jeremiah Since what Solomon says, though contrary to the common opinion of the worl...

Matthew Henry: Lamentations 3 (Chapter Introduction) The scope of this chapter is the same with that of the two foregoing chapters, but the composition is somewhat different; that was in long verse, t...

Constable: Lamentations (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Position The English title of this book comes from the Talmud (...

Constable: Lamentations (Outline) Outline I. The destruction and misery of Jerusalem (the first lament) ch. 1 A. An observer's...

Constable: Lamentations Lamentations Bibliography Archer, Gleason L., Jr. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Revised ed. Chicago: ...

Haydock: Lamentations (Book Introduction) THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. In these Jeremias laments in a most pathetic manner the miseries of his people, and the destructio...

Gill: Lamentations (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS This book very properly follows the prophecy of Jeremiah, not only because wrote by him, but because of the subject ma...

Gill: Lamentations 3 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS 3 This chapter is a complaint and lamentation like the former, and on the same subject, only the prophet mixes his own...

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