Lamentations 3:62

62 The slander^[a] and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long.

Lamentations 3:62 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those that rose up against me
This is to be connected with the preceding words; and expresses the same thing in different language. The sense is, that the Lord heard the words which dropped from the lips of his enemies; their sarcasms, flouts, and jeers; their bitter reflections, severe invectives, and scornful language: and their device against me all the day;
or, "their meditation of ill against me"; or, "their speech", or discourse ^F24; which all turned upon the same topic. Schultens ^F25 derives the word from the Arabic word which signifies to mock and scoff, or pursue anyone with ironical and satirical expressions; and so may intend here contumelious and reproachful language.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mnwygh) "meditationem istorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "loquelam eorum", Michaelis.
F25 Animadv. Philol. p. 436. <arabic> "maledixit verborum contumelia insectatus fuit, peculiariter carmine seu satyra, et subsannavit, vituperavit", Golius, col. 2515.

Lamentations 3:62 In-Context

60 You see all their malice, all their plots against me.

61 Lord, You hear their insults, all their plots against me.

62 The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long.

63 When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs.

64 You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord, according to the work of their hands.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit lips