will I cut off If the poet is the speaker, he speaks in the name of Israel, confident that in God's strength they will be able to complete the humiliation of their proud foes. Cp. Micah 4:13. But the speaker may be God, answering the vow of praise with a fresh promise. Cp. Psalms 46:10. For the figure cp. Zechariah 1:18 ff.

shall be exalted Shall be lifted up (R.V.). Cp. 1 Samuel 2:10. -The righteous one" is Israel, righteous by contrast with the wicked Assyrians. Cp. Habakkuk 1:13.

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