Lamentations 3:55

55 Koph I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

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 Tzaddi They bound up my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

54 Tzaddi Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am dead.

55 Koph I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

56 Koph Thou hast heard my voice; do not hide thine ear at my cry that I might breath.

57 Koph Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou didst say, Fear not.