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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:55-65

We may observe throughout this chapter a struggle in the prophet's breast between sense and faith, fear and hope; he complains and then comforts himself, yet drops his comforts and returns again to his complaints, as Ps. 42:1-11. But, as there, so here, faith gets the last word and comes off a conqueror; for in these verses he concludes with some comfort. And here are two things with which he comforts himself:? I. His experience of God's goodness even in his affliction. This may refer to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 מבור תחתיות "e cisterna infimitatum", Piscator. ; 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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:56

Thou hast heard my voice ,.... Either in times past, when he cried unto him, and was delivered; and this was an encouragement to call upon him again in such extremity, who had shown himself to be a God hearing and answering prayer; hence it follows: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry ; turn not a deaf ear to me, who hast been wont to hear me heretofore; stop not thine ear at my cry now, at my prayer, which he calls his "breathing"; prayer is the breath of a soul regenerated by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee ,.... When persons draw nigh to God in a way of duty, and particularly in this of prayer, and calling on his name; he draws nigh to them in a way of grace and mercy, and manifests himself to them, and works salvation for them. The Targum is, "thou didst cause an angel to draw near to deliver me in the day that I prayed unto thee:' thou saidst, fear not ; any of thine enemies; or that thou shouldest not be delivered from them; see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:58

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul ,.... Or, causes of "my soul", or "life" F21 ריבי נפשי "causas animaa meae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; such as concerned his soul and life: not one only, but many of them; and this respects not Jeremiah only, and the Lord's pleading his cause against Zedekiah and his nobles; but the people of the Jews in former times, when in Egypt, and in the times of the judges: thou hast redeemed my life ; by delivering out of the pit... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:56

Hide not thine ear at my breathing - He dared not even to complain, nor to cry, nor to pray aloud: he was obliged to whisper his prayer to God. It was only a breathing. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

Fear not - How powerful is this word when spoken by the Spirit of the Lord to a disconsolate heart. To every mourner we may say, on the authority of God, Fear not! God will plead thy cause, and redeem thy soul. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:55

Verse 55 We certainly see that the Prophet had an inward conflict, which also all the faithful experience, for the spirit fights against the flesh, as Paul teaches us. (Galatians 5:17.) Though, then, he on the one hand apprehended death, he yet ceased not to flee to God; for faith strengthened his mind so that he did not succumb, but on the contrary he firmly rejected the temptation presented to him. Though, then, he was, according to the flesh, persuaded as to his own ruin, he on the other... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:56

Verse 56 When the Prophet says that God heard, it is the same as though he said, that he had so prayed that God became a witness of his earnestness and solicitude; for many boast in high terms of their earnestness and fervor and constancy in prayer, but their boastings are all empty and vain. But the Prophet summons God as a witness of his crying, as though he had said that he was not so overwhelmed by his adversity, but that he always fled to God. He then says, Close not, etc.; it is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

Verse 57 Here the Prophet tells us that he had experienced the goodness of God, because he had not suffered a repulse when he prayed. And this doctrine is especially useful to us, that is, to call to mind that we had not in time past prayed in vain. For we may hence feel assured, that as God ever continues like himself, he will be ever ready to help us when- ever we implore his protection. This, then, is the reason why the Prophet declares here that he had experienced the readiness of God to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:55-65

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:55

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:56

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:57

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:58

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:56

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:55

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:56

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

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