9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
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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