22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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.
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. …
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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