Lamentations 3:64 Meaning and Explanation

'Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.' Having laid the enemies' deeds and words before God, the sufferer now asks God to repay them justly — to give back to them according to what they have done. This is not personal revenge seized by his own hand but a plea committed to the righteous Judge.

The measure requested is exact: 'according to the work of their hands.' He asks not for excessive vengeance but for just recompense, that the wrong they have done would return upon them in fair measure. To pray this way is to trust God's justice rather than one's own anger. The sufferer leaves the repaying to God, confident that the One who has seen and heard everything will judge with perfect fairness.