50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; …
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; …
Commentary
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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