Lamentations 3:55

55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.

Lamentations 3:55 in Other Translations

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

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

55 But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the pit.

55 "I called out your name, O God, called from the bottom of the pit.

55 I called on Your name, Yahweh, 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 tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

54 the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.

55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.

56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”

57 You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 88:6
• 2. Psalms 130:1; John 2:2