He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Ver. 15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction] Oft in this life, as he did David signally, Psalms 34:6, "This poor man" (meaning himself) "cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles." So he pulled Paul out of the mouth of the lion; yea, and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, "and preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom," 2 Timothy 4:18, where the saints shall be sure of full deliverance, and shall say of their afflictions, as that adulteress said of her accusers, John 8:10, They are all gone.
He openeth their ears in oppression] Or, by oppression, as by a key; be openeth the ears of their hearts to holy and wholesome counsel. This Elihu had said before; but he saith it again for that end and purpose, that Job might rouse up and raise up himself to the hope of a comfortable restoration; for as much as God afflicteth not his to destroy them, but to make them partakers of his holiness; and that once done, to deliver them.