27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-31)Here is, I. A law against extortion in lending. 1. They must not receive use for money from any that borrowed for necessity (Exod. 22:25), as in that case, Neh. 5:5 , 7 . And such provision the law made for the preservation of estates to their families by the year of jubilee that a people who had little concern in trade could not be supposed to borrow money but for necessity, and therefore it is g…
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