Lamentations 3:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Wherefore doth a living man complain - He who has his life still lent to him has small cause of complaint. How great soever his affliction may be, he is still alive; therefore, he may seek and find mercy unto eternal life. Of this, death would deprive him; therefore let not a living man complain.