John Trapp on Lamentations 2:19

Ver. 19. Ariſe, cry in the night] A fit time for meditation and prayer, as we read of David, Pſal. 119. and of the ſon of David, Luk. 21.

In the beginning of the watches] When others are in their firſt (which is their deepeſt and ſweeteſt) ſleep, break thy ſelf of thy reſt, that thou mayſt give God no reſt. Eſa. 62.6, 7. Omnibus ſignis et modis miſeriam tuam expone Domino, beſtir thee every way: al[illegible: 1 letter]'s but little enough.

Pour out thine heart like water] That is, ſaith Sanchez, weep till thou haſt wept thy very heart out, if it were poſſible. Or as others, poure out thine heart to God in humble and ingenuous confeſſion and ſupplication: but then pour it forth as water, (whereof every drop will come out) and not as oyle, whereof ſome will ſtill ſtick to the ſides of the veſſel. Tundens pectus & non effundens vitia, ea conſol[illegible: 1 letter]d[illegible: 1 letter]t, ſaith Auſtin. He who pretendeth to repent, and yet parteth not with his ſins, doth but increaſe them.

Lift up thine hands toward him] But withal thy heart, chap. 3.41.

For the life of thy young children] See on ver. 11, 12.