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He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.
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The Path to Restoration
Commentators highlight a clear pattern for restoration. Affliction can lead to repentance. When a person confesses their sin, they can then pray to God. In response, God shows favor, which leads to seeing His face 'with joy' and being restored. As Charles Spurgeon emphasizes, the terms of God's mercy are gracious and simple.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He shall pray to God ... - That is, when he fully understands the design of affliction, and when his mind is brought to a proper st…
19th Century
Anglican
He will be favourable unto him. —Very beautiful is this description of the restoration of the penitent sinner and his rec…
Baptist
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall pray unto God
As the former verse expresses the condition of the body of the man recovered from sickness, this the …
Job complained of his diseases and concluded from them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too. But Elihu shows that God often afflicts…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
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