I called upon thy name, O Lord,.... As in times past, so in the present distress; when all hope was gone, and all help failed, still there was a God to go to, and call upon:out of the low dungeon; or "dungeon of lownesses" ; the lowest dungeon, the deepest distress, a man or people could be in; yet then and there it is not too late to call upon the Lord; and there may be hope of deliverance out of such an estate by him.
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Lamentations 3:55
Lamentations 3:55
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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