Lamentations 3:55

55 ¹"I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;

Lamentations 3:55 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:55

I called upon thy name, O Lord
As in times past, so in the present distress; when all hope was gone, and all help failed, still there was a God to go to, and call upon: out of the low dungeon;
or "dungeon of lownesses" ^F18; the lowest dungeon, the deepest distress, a man or people could be in; yet then and there it is not too late to call upon the Lord; and there may be hope of deliverance out of such an estate by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (twytxt rwbm) "e cisterna infimitatum", Piscator.

Lamentations 3:55 In-Context

53 they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;

54 water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'

55 "I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;

56 you heard my plea, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help!'

57 You came near when I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear!'

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 130:1