John Trapp on Lamentations 5:1

CHAP. V.

Ver. 1. REmember, O Lord, what is come upon us] This laſt Chapter is a brief Recapitulation of what had been ſaid in the four former,Propheta per [non-Latin text not transcribed] repetit omnia mala ſupra commemorata, & remedium petit à Domino. Figuelr. that they might be the better remembred and conſidered by the Reader. The ancient Greek and Latin Bibles ſtile it Jeremies prayer. Herein the Prophet, or rather the Church layeth open, as a Lazar, her ſores and ſufferings: and beggeth to be remembred and conſidered of God. Not that either forgetfulneſſe or inobſervancy can be found in him (for All things both paſt and future are preſent with him) but theſe are Metaphorical expreſſions, and He alloweth us to be his Remembrancers.

Conſider and behold] Heb. behold and ſee: Affectum cum effecta conjunctum ſignificat.

Our reproach] This is that which mans nature is moſt impatient of: to the Saints it is ſo much the more grievous, becauſe they do quarter Arms with Chriſt.