Lamentations 3:15

3:15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs

and made me drunk with bitterness. ¹ 

Lamentations 3:57

3:57 You came near ²  on the day I called to you;

you said, ³  “Do not fear!”

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “wormwood” or “bitterness” (BDB 542 s.v. לַעֲנָה; HALOT 533 s.v. לַעֲנָה).

[3:57]  ² tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Draw near”). The perspective of the poem seems to be that of prayer during distress rather than a testimony that God has delivered.

[3:57]  ³ tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Say”).