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So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
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God is the Hope of the Helpless
Commentators explain that the hope of the poor is not a vague wish but is grounded in God's active intervention and protection. When God acts to save the vulnerable, it provides a tangible reason for hope. As John Gill notes, this can apply both to those in material poverty and to those who are 'spiritually poor' and find hope in Christ's salvation.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So the poor has hope – from God's intervention. They are not left in a sad and comfortless condition. They are permitted to regard God as th…
19th Century
Anglican
Iniquity stoppeth her mouth. —See Psalms 107:42, where the same phrase occurs.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So the poor hath hope Who observing this and that and the other poor man crying to the Lord and saved, hopes that he…
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Eliphaz reminds Job that no affliction comes by chance, nor is it to be attributed to secondary causes. The occurrence of prosperity and adversity …
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz proposed that everything that happens on earth has a specific cause. He proved this by observing that natural things appear to be directed …
