The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich,.... Which is true in a natural sense of the same persons, as might be exemplified in the case of Job; and of different persons, as in the parable of the rich man…
Adam Clarke
The Lord maketh poor - For many cannot bear affluence, and if God should continue to trust them with riches, they would be their ruin.
Maketh rich - Some he can trust, and therefore makes them…
We have here Hannah's thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before (Sa1 1:11), and here we have her…
In Jehovah's hand are the issues of life and death, prosperity and adversity. All history illustrates this truth. Hezekiah is recalled from the gates of the grave: Job is tried by affliction: David is…
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