Lamentations 3:55 (GNV)

Passage

I called vpon thy Name, O Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:53 They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.

Lamentations 3:54 Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.

Lamentations 3:55 I called vpon thy Name, O Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.

Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.

Lamentations 3:57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "Waters flowed ouer mine head then thought..." into verse 56's "Thou hast heard my voyce stoppe not...", so "called" and "vpon" 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 "vpon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.