9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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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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