26 but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."
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But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, (r) [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
(r) The faithful in all their afflictions show themselves obedient to God's will.
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee,.... As a king, or in his temporal prosperity, though he might and had delight in him as a chosen vessel of salvation, as a saint and child of God, and in his spiritual and everlasting welfare:
behold, here am I; his humble servant, ready to be, and do and suffer whatever is his pleasure:
let him do to me as seemeth good unto him; strip me of all the ensigns of royalty, dispossess me of my crown and kingdom, and dispose of me as seems good in his sight; who is a sovereign Being, and has a right to do with his creatures what he pleases.
Let him do - That we may not complain of what is, let us see God's hand in all events. And that we may not be afraid of what shall be, let us see all events in God's hand.
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