Lamentations 3:36

36 Lamed To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

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?''

FOOTNOTES:

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

Lamentations 3:36 In-Context

34 Lamed To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 Lamed To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 Lamed To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
37 Mem Who shall he be that saith that something comes which the Lord has not sent?
38 Mem Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?
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