Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Though he fall ... for the Lord ... with his hand - in answer to the objection that one sees the godly often low in the world; granted-but the Lord will not let him remain so. Yahweh takes him by the hand, and raises him again (Job 5:19; Proverbs 24:16; Micah 7:8). So spiritually, whatever falls the believer may have through his own weakness and corruption, and Satan's subtlety, the Lord 'having begun a good work' in him, "will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). A beautiful type of this is Christ's stretching forth His hand to catch and save Peter from sinking in the waves (Matthew 14:31; also Luke 22:31-34; cf. 1 Samuel 23:16).
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