Lamentations 3:62 (YLT)

Passage

The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.

Lamentations 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,

Lamentations 3:62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I <FI>am<Fi> their song.

Lamentations 3:64 Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lips", "withstanders", "even", "meditation", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lips" and "withstanders", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 61's "Thou hast heard their reproach O Jehovah..." into verse 63's "Their sitting down and their rising up...", so "lips" and "withstanders" 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 "lips" and "withstanders" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.