An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

First, Strictly, as an Exposition of the latter part of the former verse, He giveth right to the poor, that is, He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: We may put both together, He is so set to give right to the righteous poor, he takes such care of them, that he cannot take his eye off from them.

Secondly, In a larger and more general sense, as a Conclusion upon the whole matter, that, God will not desert any righteous person, whether poor or rich, high or low, God will take notice of piety and godliness, wheresoever he finds it, He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous.

¹The word which we translate withdraweth, and is here used negatively, He withdraweth not, signifies, strictly in the Noun, any kind of abatement or diminution, and in the Verb, to diminish, or abate, or take short in any kind that which was before. When Pharaoh (Exod. 5.8.) gave out a fresh Charge for burdening, or indeed oppressing the Children of Israel in their bondage, the Order ran in this stile; The tale of bricks which they did make heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall not diminish or withdraw any, you shall not abate them a brick. And Moses showing how sacred a thing the Word of God is, (Deut. 9.2.) gives a double check or prohibition to all meddlers with it: First, to meddlers by way of addition, Ye shall not add unto the Word: Secondly, by way of abatement, or abstraction, Ye shall not diminish, or withdraw from it: it is this word; As if the Lord had said, Every tittle of my word shall stand by it self, and every Iota be established; be sure that ye put nothing to it, that you withdraw ⟨p. 201⟩