30:26 sevenfold. Here the exaggerated figure indicates that God is with His people (2:5 note; 42:16; 60:19; Rev. 21:22, 23).

binds up . . . heals. God disciplines, but He remembers and heals the wounds of His people (19:22; 57:18; 61:1; Ps. 147:3; Jer. 3:22; 30:17; but cf. Is. 6:10).