Lamentations 3:55

55 I ¹called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest 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 have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.

54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"

55 I called on Your name, O LORD , Out of the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help."

57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!"

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 130:1; Jonah 2:2