10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. …
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Pray without ceasing.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Job having solemnly protested the satisfaction he had in his integrity, for the further clearing of himself, here expresses the dread he had of being found a hypocrite. I. He tells us how he startled at the thought of it, for he looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man to be certainly the most miserable condition that any man could be in (Job 27:7): Let my enemy be as the wicked ,…
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