Lamentations 3:56

“Thou hast heard my voice, etc.] 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 the Spirit, and is a sign and evidence of life, when it is spiritual; in it a soul pants after God, and communion with him, and salvation by him. Some render it, “at my gasping” f90; or “panting”, for…”

“Thou hast heard--namely formerly (so in Lam 3:57-58). breathing . . . cry--two kinds of prayer; the sigh of a prayer silently breathed forth, and the loud, earnest cry (compare "prayer," "secret speech," Isa 26:16, Margin; with "cry aloud," Psa 55:17).”

“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 69:0 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jeremiah 38:6 note). Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief. Lamentations 3:58 God now appears as the prophet’s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul, i. e. the controversies which concern his salvation. and rescuing his life, in jeopardy through the malice of his enemies. Lamentations 3:59 Wrong - Done to him by the perversion…”

“Heard - In former afflictions. Hide not - Shew me now the same favour. Lamentations 3:58”

“hast: Ch2 33:13, Ch2 33:19; Job 34:28; Psa 3:4, Psa 6:8, Psa 6:9, Psa 34:6, Psa 66:19, Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2; Isa 38:5 hide: Psa 55:1, Psa 88:13, Psa 88:14; Rom 8:26 Lamentations 3:57”