Lamentations 3:35

3:35 to deprive a person of his rights

in the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:38

3:38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes –

both calamity and blessing?


tn The speaking voice is still that of the גֶּבֶר (gever, “man”), but the context and line are more universal in character.

tn Heb “to turn away a man’s justice,” that is, the justice or equitable judgment he would receive. See the previous note regarding the “man.”

tn Heb “From the mouth of the Most High does it not go forth, both evil and good?”