22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-25)This is a noble discourse of Job’s concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will, which none dares gainsay or can resist. Take both him and them out of the controversy in which they were so warmly engaged, and they all spoke admirably well; but, in that , we sometimes scarcely know…
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