15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-19)The people of God in captivity, who reconciled themselves to the will of God in their affliction and were content to wait his time for their deliverance, are here assured that they should not wait in vain. I. They are invited to enquire concerning the issue of their troubles, Isa. 45:11. The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker , though he does not allow them to strive with him, yet encourages them,…
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