Lamentations 3:62

62 The ¹lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all 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 schemes against me.

61 You have heard their reproach, O LORD , All their schemes against me.

62 The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.

63 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.

64 You will recompense them, O LORD , According to the work of their hands.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 59:7, 12; Psalms 140:3; Ezekiel 36:3