But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
God delivers the poor from danger and oppression, rescuing them from violence and from the power of the mighty. That rescue reaches the distinct threats named in the verse, harm by the sword, harm by the mouth in hostile words, and harm by the hand in the strength of the powerful. The saying stands within the speech of Eliphaz as one of the friends' declarations about how God deals with people.
Those declarations about God's dealings were in general true and have been proved in the experience of His people, yet they were misapplied to Job. For that reason such a statement is not to be accepted as reliable teaching about God or about Job merely because it is found in Scripture, but its claims must be tested against other inspired declarations. Suffering itself does not prove that the sufferer is under God's displeasure.
God delivers the poor from danger and oppression, rescuing them from violence and from the power of the mighty. That rescue reaches the distinct threats named in the verse, harm by the sword, harm by the mouth in hostile words, and harm by the hand in the strength of the powerful. The saying stands within the speech of Eliphaz as one of the friends' declarations about how God deals with people.
Those declarations about God's dealings were in general true and have been proved in the experience of His people, yet they were misapplied to Job. For that reason such a statement is not to be accepted as reliable teaching about God or about Job merely because it is found in Scripture, but its claims must be tested against other inspired declarations. Suffering itself does not prove that the sufferer is under God's displeasure.