19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-22)The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other words. Let us therefore reduce the particulars to their proper heads, and observe, I. What his wickedness is for which he is punished. 1. The lusts of the flesh, here called the sins of his youth (Jo…
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