Lamentations 3:59

59 Lord, you have seen how I have been wronged. Now judge my case for me.

Lamentations 3:59 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:59

O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong
Or, "my perverseness" {w}; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that was done to him and them by their enemies; how perverse and ill natured they had been to them; how badly they had used them; what injuries they had done them; none of which escaped the omniscience of God, to which the appeal is made; and upon this follows a petition: judge thou my cause;
the present one; as thou hast pleaded and judged many already, do me justice, right my wrongs, an, save me from mine enemies; and let it appear to all the world my cause is just, and they are in the wrong.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (yttwe) "perversitatem", Pagninus, Montanus; "quae exercetur, vel exercebatur in me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Lamentations 3:59 In-Context

57 You came near when I called to you; you said, "Don't be afraid."
58 Lord, you have taken my case and given me back my life.
59 Lord, you have seen how I have been wronged. Now judge my case for me.
60 You have seen how my enemies took revenge on me and made evil plans against me.
61 Lord, you have heard their insults and all their evil plans against me.
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