16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
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I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God of both, and then looks forward upon what he hoped God would do for them. Observe, I. His reviews and reflections are mixed. When he looks back upon the state of the church he finds, 1. That God had in many instances been very gracious to them and had done great things for them.…
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