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Life Itself is a Mercy
Commentators see this verse as a powerful rhetorical question. Since God has spared your life, you have no ultimate reason to complain. Scholars like Charles Ellicott and John Gill point out that being "a living man" means you are still receiving God's mercy and are not in hell, where sin deserves to lead. As Matthew Henry notes, "While there is life there is hope."
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:37–39
18th Century
Theologian
Why then does a loving God, who disapproves of suffering when inflicted by man upon man, Himself send sorrow and misery? “Because of sins” ([Refere…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:39
19th Century
Bishop
Wherefore doth a living man ... —Better, Why does a man who lives? that is, whose life is spared him (), with all its pos…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:39
16th Century
Theologian
Some explain the verb יתאונן, itaunen, by giving it the sense of lying, “Why should man lie?” Others, “Why should man murmur?” But I do no…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 3:39
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore does a living man complain ?
&c.] Or murmur, or fret and vex, or bemoan himself; all which the word F11 m…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:37–41
17th Century
Minister
While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better.…