6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. …
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. …
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Commentary
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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