Lamentations 3:35 (WEB)

Passage

to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

Lamentations 3:34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Lamentations 3:35 to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:36 to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

Lamentations 3:37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "To crush under foot all the prisoners..." into verse 36's "to subvert a man in his cause...", so "turn" and "away" 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 "turn" and "away" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.