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When they cast down, you shall say, `be lifted up.` He will save the humble person.
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A Source of Hope for Others
Commentators suggest this verse isn't just about personal blessing, but about becoming a source of strength for others. When you are restored, you will be able to go to those who are suffering and say, "There is lifting up." You can become an agent of encouragement and hope, praying for and supporting those who are cast down.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When men are cast down - The meaning of this is, probably, when people are usually cast down, or in times of trial and calamity which pros…
19th Century
Anglican
There is lifting up. —This may be its meaning, but some understand it in a bad sense: “When men are cast down, then you will say, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When [men] are cast down Wicked men are brought down from a state of prosperity to a state of adversity, are in low …
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The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had previously not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. …
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding words, Eliphaz seems to have charged Job with not believing that God has providence in human affairs. Now, as a consequence, he ap…
