Lamentations 3:35

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33 For ^aHe does not afflict willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.

34 To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,

35 To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,

36 Or subvert a man in his cause—
^aThe Lord does not approve.

37 Who is he ^awho speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?

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Adam Clarke

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Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man - To make a man lose his right, because one of the higher orders opposes him. Dr. Blayney thinks that elyon , instead of being referred to God, should be considered as pointing out one of the chief of the people. I do not see that we gain any thing by this. The evil fact is, turning aside the right of a man; and the aggravation of it is, doing it before the face of the Most High; that is, in a court of justice, where God is ever considered to be present.

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