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Yahweh, you have seen my wrong; judge you my cause.
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Not My Sin, But My Suffering
Commentators clarify that when the prophet says "thou hast seen my wrong," he is not confessing his own sin. Instead, he is pointing to the "subversion" and "oppression" (as scholar John Calvin notes) he has unjustly suffered from his enemies. It's a cry about the injustice done to him by the perversion of justice.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lamentations 3:55: A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.
Out of the low dungeon - The lowest p…
16th Century
Protestant
The word עותתי, outti, is rendered by some “iniquity,” but in an ironical sense, as if the Prophet had said, “You, God, know whether I hav…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Lord, you have seen my wrong Or, "my perverseness" {w}; not that he or they had been guilty of; but the wrong that…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he commends justice to the judge: you have judged, in past times; do so also now. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my caus…