Lam 3:55-56 | NET2full | STEP | I have called on your name , O Lord , from the deepest pit .

‏ Lamentations 3:55-56

55 I have called on your name, O Lord,
from the deepest pit. ^{▼▼tn Heb “from a pit of lowest places.”}
56 You heard ^{▼▼tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Hear my plea”) parallel to the following volitive verb, “do not close.”} my plea: ^{▼▼tn Heb “my voice.”}
“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!” ^{▼▼tn The preposition ל (lamed) continues syntactically from “my plea” in the previous line (e.g. Ex 5:2; Josh 22:2; 1 Sam 8:7; 12:1; Jer 43:4).}