In a little wrath - The Syriac renders this, ‘In great wrath.’ The Vulgate, ‘In a moment of indignation.’ The Septuagint, ‘In a little wrath…

In a little wrath. —The Hebrew has the rhetorical emphasis of rhyme, bĕshetsheph, guetseph, literally, in a gush or burst of …

Have I forsaken thee: but with great mercies will I gather thee.

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment: but wit…

In a moment of wrath. He again repeats and enforces this statement to impress it more deeply on the hearts of believers, so that they may …

In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment This signifies much the same as before, when God hides his face fro…

As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be when God comes and comforts them!

1. Give praise, O you barren. Here, against the dejection of their circumstances, he promises the remedy of exaltation.

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