Lamentations 3:59

59 Lord, you have seen the wrong things people have done to me. Stand up for me again!

Lamentations 3:59 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:59

O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong
Or, "my perverseness" {w}; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that was done to him and them by their enemies; how perverse and ill natured they had been to them; how badly they had used them; what injuries they had done them; none of which escaped the omniscience of God, to which the appeal is made; and upon this follows a petition: judge thou my cause;
the present one; as thou hast pleaded and judged many already, do me justice, right my wrongs, an, save me from mine enemies; and let it appear to all the world my cause is just, and they are in the wrong.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (yttwe) "perversitatem", Pagninus, Montanus; "quae exercetur, vel exercebatur in me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Lamentations 3:59 In-Context

57 You came near when I called out to you. You said, "Do not be afraid."
58 Lord, you stood up for me in court. You saved my life and set me free.
59 Lord, you have seen the wrong things people have done to me. Stand up for me again!
60 You have seen how my enemies have tried to get even with me. You know all about their plans against me.
61 Lord, you have heard them laugh at me. You know all about their plans against me.
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