13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? …
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. …
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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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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