12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. …
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions , the many hardships…
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