Lamentations 3:59

“O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong, etc.] Or, “my perverseness” f93; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that was done to him and them by their enemies; how perverse and ill natured they had been to them; how badly they had used them; what injuries they had done them; none of which escaped the omniscience of God, to which the appeal is made; and upon this follows a petition: judge thou my cause; the present one; as thou hast pleaded and judged many already, do me justice, right my wrongs, an, save me from mine enemies; and let it appear to all the world my cause is just, and they are in the wrong.”

“God's past deliverances and His knowledge of Judah's wrongs are made the grounds of prayer for relief.”

“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…”

“thou hast: Jer 11:19-21, Jer 15:10, Jer 18:18-23, Jer 20:7-10, 37:1-38:28 judge: Gen 31:42; Psa 9:4, Psa 26:1, Psa 35:1, Psa 35:23, Psa 43:1; Pe1 2:23 Lamentations 3:60”