Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
living—and so having a time yet given him by God for repentance. If sin were punished as it deserves, life itself would be forfeited by the sinner. "Complaining" (murmuring) ill becomes him who enjoys such a favor as life (Proverbs 19:3).
for the punishment of his sins—Instead of blaming God for his sufferings, he ought to recognize in them God's righteousness and the just rewards of his own sin.
Who is it that can (as God, Psalms 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God?
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 3:39:
Job 2:10
Jeremiah 10:19
Ezekiel 24:23
Daniel 9:14
Micah 7:9
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