Lamentations 3:63 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:65 Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sitting", "down", "rising", "behold", "attentively", and "song". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sitting" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 62's "The lips of my withstanders Even their..." into verse 64's "Thou returnest to them the deed O...", so "sitting" and "down" 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 "sitting" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.