Lamentations 3:35 (LSB)

Passage

To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:33 For He does not afflict from His heart Or grieve the sons of men.

Lamentations 3:34 To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land,

Lamentations 3:35 To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:36 To defraud a man in his legal case— These things the Lord does not see with approval.

Lamentations 3:37 Who is there who speaks and it happens, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "deprive", "justice", "presence", "most", and "high". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "deprive" and "justice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "To crush under His feet All the..." into verse 36's "To defraud a man in his legal...", so "deprive" and "justice" 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 "deprive" and "justice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.