44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-54)It is easier to chide ourselves for complaining than to chide ourselves out of it. The prophet had owned that a living man should not complain, as if he checked himself for his complaints in the former part of the chapter; and yet here the clouds return after the rain and the wound bleeds afresh; for great pains must be taken with a troubled spirit to bring it into temper. I. They confess the righ…
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