16. the poor hath hope--of the interposition of God.
iniquity stoppeth her mouth--
(Ps 107:42;
Mic 7:9, 10;
Isa 52:15).
Especially at the last day, through shame
(Jude 15;
Mt 22:12).
The "mouth" was the offender
(Job 5:15),
and the mouth shall then be stopped
(Isa 25:8)
at the end.
JFB.
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