32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. …
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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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