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He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.
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Affliction as the Instrument
Commentators highlight a central paradox in this verse: God doesn't just deliver people from their affliction, He often delivers them by means of it. As Charles Ellicott notes, God makes use of the very affliction to deliver the person. The hardship itself becomes the tool God uses to get our attention and bring about our ultimate rescue and refinement.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He delivereth the poor in his affliction - Margin, “or afflicted.” This agrees better with the usual meaning of the Hebrew word (עני
19th Century
Anglican
He delivers the poor in his affliction. —The point of Elihu’s discourse is rather that He delivers the afflicted by his a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He delivereth the poor in his affliction The righteous or godly poor; who are not only poor in worldly things, but poor in spirit; …
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Elihu shows that Job caused the continuation of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in obstinacy. Even good people need to be kept to t…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu wanted to argue against two points he found in Job's words: first, Job's claim that he was righteous, and second, his accusation that God's j…
