The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:35

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Before the face of the most High. In ancient phraseology, to bring a case before the judges was to bring it "unto the deity" ('el hā-'elōhı̄m), Exodus 21:6; comp. Exodus 22:8; or

. The text reading is, "the Lord seeth not." This may be explained either as "the Lord regardeth not (such thing)," or as a question, "Doth not the Lord regard (this)?"

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