10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. …
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)Elihu, being to speak on God’s behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of his will, but according to the eternal rules of equity. God acts as a righteous governor, for, I. He does not think it below him to take notice of the meanest of his subjects, nor does poverty or obs…
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