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God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
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God's Home for the Lonely
Commentators explain that God's heart is for the isolated and forsaken. He "sets the solitary in families" by providing physical homes and, more profoundly, by welcoming lost and repentant individuals into the spiritual family of the church. God doesn't just save individuals; He places them in a community of belonging.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God setteth the solitary in families – Margin, as in Hebrew, in a house. The word rendered "solitary" properly means one alone, as …
19th Century
Anglican
Solitary ... —This might refer to the childless (), but it is better, in connection with the next clause, to think of the…
Baptist
They had been in a sad condition in Egypt, scattered and driven here and there. God promised to bring them all together, in great families, and to …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
God sets the solitary in families Which the Jewish writers generally understand of an increase of families, with chi…
None ever hardened his heart against God and prospered. God is the joy of his people; therefore, let them rejoice when they come before him. He who…
