15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-16)Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy. Now he very much changes his voice (Gal. 4:20), and speaks in the accents of kindness, as if he would atone for the hard words h…
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