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I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
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God's Patient Silence
Commentators explain that God's period of being 'silent' was not a sign of indifference but of divine patience and forbearance. For the people in exile, this felt like an endless wait. John Calvin suggests this silence serves a dual purpose: it tests the faith of believers while allowing the wicked to grow complacent before God acts decisively.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have long time holden my peace – This is the language of Yahweh, and it means that he had for a long time been patient and forbea…
19th Century
Anglican
I have long time held my peace ... —The change of person indicates that Jehovah is the speaker. "Long time," literally, <…
Baptist
Oh! What a time will that be when God comes forth in the splendor of his power to put down all the hosts of evil.
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16th Century
Protestant
I have kept silence. The Prophet addresses the temptations that commonly cause us great uneasiness when God delays His aid. We are tempted…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have long time holden my peace For many hundred years the Lord suffered the Gentile world to walk in their own way…
The Lord will appear in his power and glory. He will cry, in the preaching of his word. He will cry aloud in the gospel woes, which must be preache…
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13th Century
Catholic
Behold my servant. Here he shows the divine love of the Son, whom He promised: God so loved the world, as to give his…
