Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Many are the afflictions ... - (Psalms 34:6; Psalms 34:17.) Such was the case with Job. The many afflictions of the righteous show at once how imperfect man's righteousness is, which needs such corrective discipline, and how great is the grace of God in not only delivering His people out of afflictions but even turning their troubles into instruments of mercy; for by the many chastisements which their much sin still adhering to their old nature renders necessary, they are sanctified (1 Peter 1:6-7; Hebrews 12:5-12).
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