15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? …
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-16)Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them (Isa. 57:13): “ When thou criest in thy distress and anguish, lamentest thy misery and callest for help, let thy companies deliver thee , thy idol-gods which thou hast heaped to thyself companies of, the troops of the confederate forces which thou hast relied so much…
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