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You have granted me life and lovingkindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
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God's Watchful Providence
The phrase "thy visitation" refers to more than a casual visit. Commentators explain the original Hebrew word suggests God's constant, watchful care and superintendence, like a general carefully looking after his troops. This "visitation" is God's active providence that preserves our lives and spirits.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your visitation has preserved my spirit - Your constant care; your watchful providence; your superintendence. The word rendered vis…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have granted me life and favour Or "lives" F17 ; natural life; both in the womb, where and when he wa…
Job seems to argue with God, as if he only formed and preserved him for misery. God made us, not we ourselves.
How sad that those bodies sho…
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13th Century
Catholic
Job earlier proposed that both the innocent and the wicked are assailed by trials in this world. He touched upon one possible reason for the punish…
