“ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. ”
A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “ The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6 . Some consider that Psalms 69 was composed by Jer...
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lam...
Thy name . Thee, or Thy attributes. See note on Psalms 20:1 .
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,...
DISCOURSE: 1095 THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER Lamentations 3:54-57 . Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my...
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. I called upon thy name ... out of the low dungeon. Thus the spirit resists the flesh, and faith spurns the temptation (Calvin; Psalms...
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought...
Out of the low dungeon. — Here, again, we have to choose between a literal reference to Jeremiah’s sufferings or a figurative interpretation. The phrase is the same as that of Psalms 88:6 .
DE PROFUNDIS Lamentations 3:55-66 As this third elegy-the richest and the most elaborate of the five that constitute the Book of Lamentations-draws to a close it retains its curious characte...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows, r...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
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 dungeo...
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. Ver. 55. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. ] See 1 John 2:1 . See Trapp on " Psa 130:1 " See Trapp " Jon 2:1 "...
Mine enemies chased me sore “The prophet in this, and the following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him and put him into the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16 ; Jeremiah 38:6...
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. B. C. 588. 55 I called upon thy name, O...
That is, out of my deepest affliction, as Jonah out of the belly of hell, Jonah 2:2 . I cried unto God, and called upon him for mercy.
The Prophet Looks Back On His Own Experiences And Calls On YHWH To Avenge Him ( Lamentations 3:52-66 ). The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in Lamentations 3:1-18 b...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (צ) Lamentations 3:52 . They have hunted me down like a bird is hunted when pursued with the eagerness of those who are my enemies without cause, and who will not relax ef...
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition.» Well then, be thankful that you are not, and whi...
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistich...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION...
I called upon Thy name, O Lord, thus overcoming the despair which was trying to paralyze his faith, out of the low dungeon, out of the pit which threatened to become his grave.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; Ezekiel 37:11 ; Isaiah 38:10-13 ; Job 17:11-16 ; Jonah 2:3-5 ; Lamentations 3:18 ; Psalms 124:4 ; Psalms 124:5 ; Psalms 18:4 ; Psalms 31:22 ; Psalms 69:1 ; Psalms 6...