Lamentations 3:36

36 LAMED ut perverteret hominem in iudicio suo Dominus ignoravit

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 ut contereret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terrae
35 LAMED ut declinaret iudicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi
36 LAMED ut perverteret hominem in iudicio suo Dominus ignoravit
37 MEM quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret Domino non iubente
38 MEM ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.