13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
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I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)Zophar, as the other two, here encourages Job to hope for better times if he would but come to a better temper. I. He gives him good counsel ( Job 11:13 , 14 ), as Eliphaz did (Job 5:8), and Bildad, Job 8:5. He would have him repent and return to God. Observe the steps of that return. 1. He must look within, and get his mind changed and the tree made good. He must prepare his heart ; there the wor…
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