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Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Justice from Omniscience
Commentators explain that the word 'Therefore' connects God's action to His knowledge. Because God is omniscient and knows every deed, He can execute perfect and swift justice without needing a lengthy investigation. His judgment isn't arbitrary; it's the direct and logical result of what He already knows.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore he knoweth their works - Or, “Because he knoweth their works.” The word (לכן lākên) here rende…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore. —We should expect because rather; but the writer, believing in God’s justice, infers that since God acts so, H…
Baptist
It is a dreadful thing for princes and great men when the poor begin to cry to God against them. God will soon take up that quarrel; for, while the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore he knoweth their works Being God omniscient, or rather takes notice of them, weighs and considers them, an…
Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove t…
13th Century
Catholic
There are two primary reasons why people deviate from justice. The first is that they show deference to important persons, and the second is that t…
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