Lamentations 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider… I. It is awful for the godly to be grieved with and take to heart their worldly losses — (1) Because the things of this life are God's blessings. (2) They are necessary to support us here, and (being well used) to make us the fitter to serve Him. 2. For the preservation of the life, we must be willing to forego the dearest of these outward blessings. (1) Because life is the most precious of all earthly things, they being given for the use of it, and not it for them. (2) God hath given greater charge to preserve it than them. 3. In all our miseries we must seek relief only at God's hands. (1) He hath so commanded (Psalm 50:15, etc.). (2) All power to help is in His hands alone (2 Chronicles 20:6). 4. No extremity can drive the godly from trusting in God, and praying to Him (Job 13:15; Psalm 44:17). (J. Udall) Parallel Verses KJV: All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. |
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