9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God’s providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them ( Job 23:8 , 9 ): I go forward, but he is not there , etc. Eliphaz had bid him acquaint himself with God. “So I would, with all my heart,” says Job, “If I knew how to get acquainted with him.” He had himself a great desire to appear before God, and get a hearing of hi…
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