John Gill, on Lam 3:44

“Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.”

“Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not,.... From weeping, as the Targum: the prophet was continually weeping; the distresses of his people were always uppermost in his mind; and which so affected him, that it drew tears from his eyes, which constantly trickled down his cheeks: without any intermission; or, "without intermissions" (n); there were no stops or pauses in his grief, and in the expressions of it: or it may be rendered, "because there were no intermissions" (o); that is, of the miseries of his people; so Jarchi, "because there were no changes and passing away;'' that is of evils; and to the same purpose the Targum, "because there is none that intermits my distress, and speaks comforts to me.'' (n) "a non intermissionibus", Montanus, Calvin; "sine intervallis", Cocceius. (o) "Eo quod nullae sunt intermissiones", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Tigurine version.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.