3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? …
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. A passionate resolution to persist in his complaint, Job 10:1. Being daunted with the dread of God’s majesty, so that he could not plead his cause with him, he resolves to give himself some ease by giving vent to his resentments. He begins with vehement language: “ My soul is weary of my life , weary of this body, and impatient to get clear of it, fallen out with life, and displeased a…
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