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15Make us glad{H8761)} according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted{H8765)} us, and the years wherein we have seen{H8804)} evil.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. …
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. …
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)These are the petitions of this prayer, grounded upon the foregoing meditations and acknowledgments. Isa. any afflicted? Let him learn thus to pray . Four things they are here directed to pray for:— I. For a sanctified use of the sad dispensation they were now under. Being condemned to have our days shortened, “ Lord, teach us to number our days (Ps. 90:12); Lord, give us grace duly to consider ho…
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