13Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
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Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. …
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Prov. 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath . Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom pride and wrath had so much the ascendant. See him, I. Puffed up with the honour of being invited to Esther’s feast. He was joyful and glad of heart at it, Est. 5:9. Observe with what a high gu…
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