6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. …
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. …
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Job is confident that he has wrong done him by his friends, and therefore, ill as he is, he will not give up the cause, nor let them have the last word. Here, I. He justifies his own resentments of his trouble (Job 23:2): Even to day , I own, my complaint is bitter ; for the affliction, the cause of the complaint, is so. There are wormwood and gall in the affliction and misery; my soul has them st…
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