Lamentations 3:62

62 The lips and thoughts ¹of my assailants are against me all the day long.

Lamentations 3:62 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those that rose up against me
This is to be connected with the preceding words; and expresses the same thing in different language. The sense is, that the Lord heard the words which dropped from the lips of his enemies; their sarcasms, flouts, and jeers; their bitter reflections, severe invectives, and scornful language: and their device against me all the day;
or, "their meditation of ill against me"; or, "their speech", or discourse ^F24; which all turned upon the same topic. Schultens ^F25 derives the word from the Arabic word which signifies to mock and scoff, or pursue anyone with ironical and satirical expressions; and so may intend here contumelious and reproachful language.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mnwygh) "meditationem istorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "loquelam eorum", Michaelis.
F25 Animadv. Philol. p. 436. <arabic> "maledixit verborum contumelia insectatus fuit, peculiariter carmine seu satyra, et subsannavit, vituperavit", Golius, col. 2515.

Lamentations 3:62 In-Context

60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

61 “You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

62 The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.

63 Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts.

64 “You will repay them, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

Cross References

• 1. 3:62 Ps. 18:39, 48