7. whom man despiseth--Hebrew, "the despised of soul," that is,
by every soul, by all men
(Isa 52:14, 15; 53:3; 50:6-9;
Ps 22:6).
LOWTH translates, "whose person is
despised."
abhorreth--literally, "who is an abomination to the nation"
(Lu 23:18-23).
The Jews contemptuously call Him always Tolvi, "the crucified."
I prefer, on account of Goi, the Hebrew term for
nation being usually applied to the Gentiles, and that
for people to the Jews
(Ho 1:9;
so the Greek terms respectively also Laos and
Ethne,
Ro 9:25),
to take "nation" here collectively for the Gentile world, which
also spurned Him
(Ps 2:1-3;
Ac 4:25-27).
servant of rulers--
(Mt 17:27).
He who would not exert His power against the rulers
(Mt 26:52, 53).
shall see--namely the fulfilment of God's promises
(Isa 49:3, 6),
"when He (shall be) a light to the Gentiles."
arise--to reverence Thee
(Ps 72:10, 11;
Php 2:10).
princes also--rather, for the parallelism, supply the ellipsis, thus,
"Princes shall see and shall worship."
faithful--namely, to His promises.
choose thee--as God's elect
(Isa 42:1).
JFB.
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