Thou hast granted me life and favour. God, besides providing Job with a body so delicately and marvellously constructed, had added the gift of "life" (Genesis 2:7), and also that of "favour," or loving providential care, whereby his life was preserved from infancy to manhood, and from manhood to a ripe age, in peace and prosperity.
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Job 10:12
Job 10:12
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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