O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth. Ver. 1. _O Lord, thou art my God._] _Sunt verba fidelium in regno Christi,_ saith Piscator. These are the words of the subjects of Christ'... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Ver. 2. _For thou hast made of a city an heap._] _Babylonem intelligit,_ say some. _Narratur eversio urbis Romae,_ say others; the ruin of Rome is here foretold; which is... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee._ Ver. 3. _Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee._] Will they nill they, they shall confess, as Julian did, that thou art too hard for them, and that thy Church is invincible. Thus God wringet... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall. Ver. 4. _For thou hast been a strength to the poor,_] &c. That is, thou hast protected thy poo... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; [even] the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. Ver. 5. _As the heat in a dry place._] Where the insolonce of these strangers from the life of God, the Antichristian rabble, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. Ver. 6. _And in this mountain,_] _i.e., _ In the Church, Isa 2:2 God's court, Isa 24:23 as the table stood in the s... [ Continue Reading ]
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. Ver. 7. _And he will destroy in this mountain, &c._] _Absorbebit velum faciei, id est, faciem veli._ Christ came "a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on him... [ Continue Reading ]
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it]. Ver. 8. _He will swallow up death in victory._] As the fire swalloweth the fuel, or as Moses' serpent... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation._ Ver. 9. _Lo, this is our God,_] _sc., _ Jesus Christ, our sole Saviour, who is God blessed for ever, and... [ Continue Reading ]
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. Ver. 10. _For in this mountain._] In the Church. _as _ Isa 25:6-7 _ Shall the hand of the Lord rest,_] _i.e., _ Settle for their safeguard. _ And Moab sh... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. Ver. 11. _And he shall spread forth his hands, &c., _] _i.e., _ He shall destroy them with greatest facilit... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust. Ver. 12. _Shall he bring down, &c._] To show that there is no strength against the Lord, the true πτολιπορθος .... [ Continue Reading ]