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I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall see his righteousness.
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Repentance Breeds Patience
All the commentators agree that a willingness to endure God's discipline stems directly from a genuine recognition of one's own sin. When we confess, "I have sinned against him," we can accept hardship with humble submission rather than bitterness. As John Calvin notes, true repentance and the willingness to bear the cross are linked by an "indissoluble knot."
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Micah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him - This is the disposition of all penitents when struck b…
19th Century
Anglican
I will bear. —Micah places himself and his people with confidence in the hands of God. So, too, did David speak when his sin was b…
Baptist
Listen to this testimony of the prophet, tried child of God; even when in your own household you find enemies, put your trust in God, for he will y…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Church of God motivates and encourages herself to exercise patience, and does so especially by two arguments. She first sets her sins befo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will bear the indignation of the Lord The Targum prefaces these words with ``Jerusalem saith;'' and they are the words of th…
Those truly penitent for sin will see great reason to be patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord about the badness of the times, we …
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