14Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
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The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. …
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-20)Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God . What we hear is not likely to profit us unless we consider it, and we are not likely to consider things fully unless we stand still and compose ourselve…
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