O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
The word עותתי, outti, is rendered by some “iniquity,” but in an ironical sense, as though the Prophet had said, “Thou, God, knowest whether I have offended.” But the word is to be taken passively; the verb עות, out, means, to subvert, as we have elsewhere seen, even in this chapter. Then, by his subversion, he means oppression, even when his adversaries unworthily trod him under their feet.
Faith and fear wrestled in the Prophet's breast throughout this lament, but faith gets the last word. He found God heard his prayers even from the lowest dungeon; his weeping never hindered his praying. From such depths a man may find a way of access to God in the highest heavens.
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Commenting on Lamentations 3:55-66
Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render this, and the following verses, not as petitions, but as prophecies of what should be; but they seem rather to be expressed by way of request; and here, that God would deal with them according to the law of retaliation, and requite them according...