Lamentations 3:17

thou hast removed(mg. cast off) my soul The change to the second person is abrupt. LXX have "he has thrust away," the Syr. (and so Targ.) "my soul is thrust away," but, as Pe. remarks, this is improbable in view of Lamentations 3:31. The writer there, however, need not be the same as here; see intr. note. By adopting the 3rd person we should avoid the introduction of a direct address to God, which seems not to come earlier than Lamentations 3:19.