John Gill, on Lam 3:52

“Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.”

“Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee,.... When persons draw nigh to God in a way of duty, and particularly in this of prayer, and calling on his name; he draws nigh to them in a way of grace and mercy, and manifests himself to them, and works salvation for them. The Targum is, "thou didst cause an angel to draw near to deliver me in the day that I prayed unto thee:'' thou saidst, fear not; any of thine enemies; or that thou shouldest not be delivered from them; see Isa 41:10.”

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