John Trapp on Lamentations 1:18

Ver. 18. The Lord is righteous] Whatever I ſuffer, or ſay haply in my paſſion, that may ſeem to ſound to the contrary. Righteous art thou O Lord, and juſt are thy judgements, ſaid David, Pſal. 119.137. and after him Mauricius the Emperour (when depoſed by the traitor Phocas) and the noble Du-pleſſis when he heard of the death of his only ſon, ſlain in the Low-Countries.

For I have rebelled againſt his Commandements] Heb. againſt his mouth; and have therefore deſerved thus to feel the weight of his hand; to hear the rod and who hath appointed it: becauſe I would not hear the word and who preached it. I have imbitered his mouth, as ſome render the Hebrew text, and therefore am worthily imbittered by him.

Hear I pray you, all people] See ver. 12. But how agreeth this with that of David, 2 Sam. 1.20. Tell it not in Gath? It is anſwered that David there would not have that ſlaughter in Gilboah to be reported as the hand of the Philiſtines, but of God.

My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity] Are carried out of this land, the ſigne of Gods favour, and of heaven it ſelf: And here lay the pinch of their grief. Let yong ones and maids (quibus hoaie fraena laxari ſolent) obey God, unleſſe they had rather periſh.