Qui adorat Deum in oblectatione suscipietur, et deprecatio illius usque ad nubes propinquabit.
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus 35:20 Commentary
1 historical voiceHow the Church has read Sirach 35:20 across two millennia — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom and more, gathered verse by verse from the public domain.
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EXPOSITIONS OF THE PSALMS 41:16
When tribulation comes, you will not be without help. This will show you that what he sent you during the day was true. In a certain passage it is written, “Mercy is as wonderful in time of affliction as clouds that bear rain in time of drought.” “By day the Lord sent his mercy, and by night I will tell of it.” At no time does he show you his help more than when tribulation comes, in such a way that he who had promised by day that he would do so, frees you from it.