Lamentations 3:55 (WEB)

Passage

I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

Lamentations 3:54 Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

Lamentations 3:55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

Lamentations 3:56 You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”

Lamentations 3:57 You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "Waters flowed over my head I said..." into verse 56's "You heard my voice Don t hide...", so "called" and "name" 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 "name" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.