Lamentations 3:60 (ASV)

Passage

Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:59 O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

Lamentations 3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

Lamentations 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

Lamentations 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "seen", "vengeance", "devices", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 59's "O Jehovah thou hast seen my wrong..." into verse 61's "Thou hast heard their reproach O Jehovah...", so "thou" and "hast" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.