Job 5:16

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Summary

Job 5:16

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

The poor

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The poor

“He raises the poor from the dust,

He lifts the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor;

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

And He set the world on them.

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

“How then will one answer the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”

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stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;

This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

And

But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

The upright see it and are glad;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;