Lamentations 3:36

36 or suppressing a person's lawsuit^[a]- the Lord does not approve [of these things].

Lamentations 3:36 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:36

To subvert a man in his cause
A poor man, as the Targum, which aggravates it; as by courses and methods taken in an open court, so by secret underhand ways, to get the cause from him, and injure him in his property: the Lord approveth not;
or, "seeth not" ^F7; which some understand as spoken by wicked men, who do the above things, and flatter themselves that God sees not, and takes no notice of them, ( Ezekiel 9:9 ) ; and others read it interrogatively, "doth not the Lord see?" ^F8 he does; he sees all the actions of men, nothing is hid from him; but he sees not with approbation; he do not look upon such things with delight and pleasure, but with abhorrence, ( Habakkuk 1:13 ) . The Targum is,

``is it possible that it should not be revealed before the Lord?''

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (har al) "non vidit, vel videt", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin.
F8 "Non videret?" Piscator.

Lamentations 3:36 In-Context

34 Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one's feet,

35 denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High,

36 or suppressing a person's lawsuit- the Lord does not approve [of these things].

37 Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained [it]?

38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Footnotes

• [a] Ex 23:6; Dt 16:19; 24:17