Lamentations 3:55

55 I called on Your name, O Lord, From the lowest pit.

Lamentations 3:55 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:55

I called upon thy name, O Lord
As in times past, so in the present distress; when all hope was gone, and all help failed, still there was a God to go to, and call upon: out of the low dungeon;
or "dungeon of lownesses" ^F18; the lowest dungeon, the deepest distress, a man or people could be in; yet then and there it is not too late to call upon the Lord; and there may be hope of deliverance out of such an estate by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (twytxt rwbm) "e cisterna infimitatum", Piscator.

Lamentations 3:55 In-Context

53 They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.

54 The waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"

55 I called on Your name, O Lord, From the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice: "Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help."

57 You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!"