Lamentations 3:63 (DRB)

Passage

Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:61 Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.

Lamentations 3:62 Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:63 Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

Lamentations 3:64 Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65 Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "sitting", "down", "rising", and "song". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "sitting", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 62's "Sin The lips of them that rise..." into verse 64's "Thau Thou shalt render them a recompense...", so "behold" and "sitting" 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 "behold" and "sitting" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.