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Lamentations 3:55: A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.
Out of the low dungeon - The lowest p…

Thou hast heard ... hide not thine ... —There is something eminently suggestive in the sequence of the two clauses. The r…

I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry…

When the Prophet says that God heard, it is as if he said that he had prayed in such a way that God became a witness of his earnestness an…

You have heard my voice
Either in times past, when he cried unto him, and was delivered; and this was an encourageme…

Faith emerges victorious, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of m…

Here he appeals to the goodwill of the judge.
First, he shows the judge's mercy toward the unfortunate. Second, he shows his justice, as see…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes