Lamentations 3:55

ק (Qof)

3:55 I have called on your name, O Lord,

from the deepest pit. ¹ 

Lamentations 3:57

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

you said, ³  “Do not fear!”

[3:55]  ¹ tn Heb “from a pit of lowest places.”

[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”).