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

Lamentations 3:55-56

ק (Qof)

55 I have called on your name, O Lord,
from the deepest pit. ^{▼▼ Heb “from a pit of lowest places.”}
56 You heard ^{▼▼ The verb could be understood as a precative, “hear my plea,” parallel to the following volitive verb, “do not close.”} my plea: ^{▼▼ Heb “my voice.”}
“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!” ^{▼▼ 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).}