Lamentations 3:55 (DRB)

Passage

Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:53 Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

Lamentations 3:54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Lamentations 3:55 Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

Lamentations 3:56 Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

Lamentations 3:57 Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "coph", "upon", "name", "lord", and "lowest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "coph", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "Sade Waters have flowed over my head..." into verse 56's "Coph Thou hast heard my voice turn...", so "called" and "coph" 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 "called" and "coph" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.