John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man ,.... The Targum is, of a poor man; not to do him justice in a court of judicature; to cause judgment to incline to the wrong side; to give the cause against a man, to give a wrong sentence; this is disapproved of by the Lord, and forbidden by him: before the face of the most High ; either before the most high God, he being present and among the gods, the judges, when they pass sentence; and yet, to pass a wrong one in his presence, without any regard to... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. These words, with what follow in Lamentations 3:35 ; either depend upon the preceding, and are to be connected with them, "he doth not afflict", &c.; Lamentations 3:33 ; though he lays his hand on men, he do not crush them under his feet, or break them in pieces, and utterly destroy them, even such, and all such, as are bound in affliction and iron; or, in a spiritual sense, such as are prisoners to sin, Satan, and the law, as... read more