John Trapp on Lamentations 3:65

Ver. 65. Give them ſorrow of heart] In place of their mad mirth and ſinful muſick: turn their Pſalm (as the vulgar rendreth the word Muſick in the foregoing verſe) into a black Sant[illegible: 2 letters], as they call it, ferale carmen, a doleful ditty. Dabis eis ſcutum cordis, ſaith the Vulgar. And indeed the word rendred ſorrow ſignifieth a ſheild or cover. A lapide Mr. Burroughs Hoſ. Operculum cordis, vel apoſtema cordis. It noteth, ſaith one, the Gardiaca paſſio, whereby the heart is ſo oppreſt, and there is ſuch a ſtopping, that it is as it were covered ſicut ſcuto, as with a ſhield; there is a lid as it were, put over the heart, to keep off the moſt refreſhing cordials, and ſo the heart is ſuffocated with ſorrow. It is as if he ſhould ſay, put them into ſuch a condition, that no creature may yeild them the leaſt refreſhment. Spira was in this condition.

Thy curſe upon them] All the curſes written and unwritten in thy book. This is not more a prayer then a prophecy. How effectual Chriſts curſe is, may be ſeen in the withered fig-tree in the Goſpel, preſently dryed up by the roots.