Ekhah 3:55

55 I called upon Thy Shem, Hashem, out of the lowest pit.

Ekhah 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.

Ekhah 3:55 In-Context

53 They have cut off my life in the bor (pit) and cast an even (stone) upon me.

54 Mayim flowed over mine rosh; then I said, I am cut off.

55 I called upon Thy Shem, Hashem, out of the lowest pit.

56 Thou hast heard my voice; close not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

57 Thou drewest near on the Yom that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst, Fear not.