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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 20:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 20:12 |
King James |
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
triest the righteous--in latent contrast to the hasty judgments of men (Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10).
opened--that is, committed (compare Kg2 19:14; Psa 35:1). |
1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.