10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,
And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.
I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
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Commentary on James 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
In this chapter we are directed to consider,
Jam 4:1-10
The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly pleasures and friendships, as that which carried their divisions to a shameful height.
Jam 4:11-17
In this part of the chapter,