Job 5:11
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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God’s power isn't just about grand displays; it's intimately tied to practical care, raising the humble and bringing those who grieve into a place of security, often through the very blessings we might overlook. This verse reveals that God's actions, even in nature like the rain, are meant to elevate the downtrodden and offer refuge to those in sorrow.
Bildad has just spoken, arguing that Job's suffering must be due to his sin, a common belief at the time. In response, Elihu, a younger friend, begins to speak, defending God's character and justice. This verse is part of Elihu's explanation of God's mighty works, showing how God brings good even from seemingly devastating events like drought, ultimately lifting up the humble and comforting those in distress.
Understand the original words
shaphal · Hebrew Adjective
Refers to those in a low or humble state, often describing the oppressed, poor, or those who recognize their dependence upon God. In Scripture, God frequently reverses the fortunes of the lowly, exalting those whom the world overlooks.
abal · Hebrew Verb
A state of profound grief or lamentation, often associated with repentance or deep distress. Biblically, it can be a response to sin or suffering, with the promise that God will ultimately comfort and restore those who mourn.
This passage echoes Job 5:11's theme of divine reversal, stating that the Lord makes poor and rich, brings low and lifts high, mirroring God's power to exalt the humble and comfort those in distress.
Psalm 113:7This psalm directly parallels the idea in Job 5:11 by declaring God's action of 'raising the poor from the dust' and 'lifting the needy from the ash heap,' showing a consistent biblical concept of God's concern for the lowly.
Luke 1:52-53Mary's Magnificat directly quotes the concept of divine reversal, asserting that God has brought down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly, and has filled the hungry with good things while sending the rich away empty.
Matthew 5:4Jesus' Beatitudes declare 'Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted,' directly correlating with the second part of Job 5:11, which promises that mourners will be lifted to safety and comfort.
clarkeJob 5:11: "To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety."
To set up on high those that be low - He so distributes his providential blessings without partiality, that the land of the poor man is as well sunned and watered as that of the rich; so that he is thus set upon a level with the lords of the soil.
pulpitJob 5:11: "To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety."
Verse 11. - To set up on high those that be low. God's physical blessings are intended to subserve moral ends. He gives his rain, both the former and the latter, to raise up men from despair, to enable them to see in him a God of mercy as well as a God of vengeance; and with the same object, after withholding it from us for a while, he pours into our parched hearts the dew of his Holy Spirit. That…
God’s power isn't just about grand displays; it's intimately tied to practical care, raising the humble and bringing those who grieve into a place of security, often through the very blessings we might overlook. This verse reveals that God's actions, even in nature like the rain, are meant to elevate the downtrodden and offer refuge to those in sorrow.
Bildad has just spoken, arguing that Job's suffering must be due to his sin, a common belief at the time. In response, Elihu, a younger friend, begins to speak, defending God's character and justice. This verse is part of Elihu's explanation of God's mighty works, showing how God brings good even from seemingly devastating events like drought, ultimately lifting up the humble and comforting those in distress.
Bildad has just spoken, arguing that Job's suffering must be due to his sin, a common belief at the time. In response, Elihu, a younger friend, begins to speak, defending God's character and justice. This verse is part of Elihu's explanation of God's mighty works, showing how God brings good even from seemingly devastating events like drought, ultimately lifting up the humble and comforting those in distress.
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"he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety." — God’s power isn't just about grand displays; it's intimately tied to practical care, raising the humble and bringing those who grieve into a place of security, often through the very blessings we mig…
