“The benevolence of the divine judge is here accounted for. Besides, an accusation regarding the adversary is proposed. First is an accusation against the evil within the deed. "Thou hast seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; judge thou my cause." This states as if: they are unable to deny what is known to thee, (O Lord G…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
— Lamentations 3:59 —
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;