Lamentations 3:63
What does Lamentations 3:63 mean?
A plain-English look at Lamentations 3:63 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Lamentations 3:63 means
He asks God to behold the enemies in all their doings—sitting and rising—and notes that he is their song, the subject of their ridicule. This comprehensive observation underscores that their contempt is habitual and pervasive. The sufferer’s appeal is for God to take note and act. By involving Jehovah in every detail, he anchors his case in divine omniscience, trusting that the Judge who sees all times and actions will render a righteous verdict.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I <FI>am<Fi> their song.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
Context
This completes the recital of wrongs: constant slander and universal mockery. With the full picture presented before God, the final section (vv. 64–66) will shift to imprecatory prayer, asking Jehovah to repay the enemies according to their deeds, to give them hardness of heart, and to pursue and destroy them under His anger.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Job 30:9
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
- Lamentations 3:14
I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
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