15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)Elihu here comes more closely to Job; and, I. He tells him what God would have done for him before this if he had been duly humbled under his affliction. “We all know how ready God is to deliver the poor in his affliction (Job 36:15); he always was so. The poor in spirit, those that are of a broken and contrite heart, he looks upon with tenderness, and, when they are in affliction, is ready to hel…
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