The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Instead of thoughts, he now mentions lips, or words. The verb הגה, ege means to meditate, when no voice is uttered; but as the noun is connected here with lips, there is no doubt but that the Prophet refers to words, rather than to hidden meditations. The best word is muttering, — The lips of my adversaries, And their muttering concerning me all the day.
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
From the lowest pit the Prophet calls on God's name; the perfect tense here means what has already happened and still continues to happen. This pit of the lower regions is the grave itself, the symbol of mortal danger, yet from it the call to God reaches upward to the highest heavens.
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Commenting on Lamentations 3:55-66