“A contention from divine justice is here advanced. First is eliminated a tyrannical oppression from divine justice. As stated: "To crush under foot": like a tyrant, who externally opposes any judgment. Then: "all the prisoners of the earth." Namely, all those afflicted. To which Psalm 69:33 can refer: "For the Lord he…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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36To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
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34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
— Lamentations 3:36 —
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?