22It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. …
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-36)Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind , which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what come…
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