19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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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.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-25)We have here Jeremiah’s prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which puzzled the prophet himself, who, though he delivered his messages faithfully, yet, in reflecting upon them, was greatly at a loss within himself how to reconcile them; in that perplexity he poured out…
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