The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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Gill's Exposition
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me,.... That were ready to perish through the oppression of others, or through want of the necessaries of life, or through false charges brought,…
Barnes' Notes
The blessing of him that was ready to perish ... - Of the man who was falsely accused, and who was in danger of being condemned, or of him who was exposed to death by poverty and want. And I caused…
We have here Job in a post of honour and power. Though he had comfort enough in his own house, yet he did not confine himself to that. We are not born for ourselves, but for the public. When any…
The ground of this universal reverence Job's benevolent care of the poor and his strict justice to their cause.
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