Lamentations 3:64 (KJV)

Passage

Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Nearby Context

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

Lamentations 3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

Lamentations 3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

Lamentations 3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "render", "recompence", "lord", and "hands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "render" and "recompence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 63's "Behold their sitting down and their rising..." into verse 65's "Give them sorrow of heart thy curse...", so "render" and "recompence" 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 "render" and "recompence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.