12But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)Pashur’s doom was to be a terror to himself ; Jeremiah, even now, in this hour of temptation, is far from being so; and yet it cannot be denied but that he is here, through the infirmity of the flesh, strangely agitated within himself. Good men are but men at the best. God is not extreme to mark what they say and do amiss, and therefore we must not be so, but make the best of it. In these verses i…
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