21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-22)Bildad here, in the close of his discourse, sums up what he has to say in a few words, setting before Job life and death, the blessing and the curse, assuring him that as he was so he should fare, and therefore they might conclude that as he fared so he was. 1. On the one hand, if he were a perfect upright man, God would not cast him away , Job 8:20. Though now he seemed forsaken of God, he would…
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