1: The city - In Jerusalem. Mountain - In his holy mountain.

2: The joy - This is spoken prophetically, because the joyful doctrine of the gospel was to go from thence to all nations. The city - Of God, who justly calls himself a great king.

3: Known - By long experience. Palaces - Possibly he may point at the king's palace and the temple, which was the palace of the king of heaven; which two palaces God did in a singular manner protect, and by protecting them, protected the whole city and people.

4: The kings - Either those kings confederate against Jehoshaphat,(2Ch 20:1), or the Assyrian princes; whom they vain - gloriously called kings,(Isa 10:8). Passed - In their march towards Jerusalem.

5: Saw it - They did only look upon it, but not come into it, nor shoot an arrow there - nor cast a bank against it, (2Ki 19:32). Marvelled - At the wonderful works wrought by God.

6: Fear - At the tidings of Tirhakah's coming against them,(2Ki 19:9), and at that terrible slaughter of their army, ver. 35.

7: Breakest - Thou didst no less violently and suddenly destroy these raging enemies of Jerusalem, than sometimes thou destroyest the ships at sea with a fierce and vehement wind, such as the eastern winds were in those parts.

8: Heard - The predictions of the prophets have been verified by the events. Establish - God will defend her in all succeeding ages. And so God would have done, if Jerusalem had not forsaken him, and forfeited his protection.

9: Thought - It hath been the matter of our serious and deep meditation, when we have been worshipping in thy temple.

10: So - Thou art acknowledged to be such an one as thou hast affirmed thyself to be in thy Word, God Almighty, or All - sufficient, the Lord of hosts, and a strong tower to all that trust in thee. Righteousness - Of righteous actions; by which thou discoverest thy holiness.

11: Judgments - Upon thine and their enemies.

12: Tell - He bids them mark well her towers, bulwarks, and palaces, with thankfulness to God, when they should find upon enquiry, that not one of them were demolished.

13: Tell it - That they may continue their praises to God for this mercy, by which they hold and enjoy all their blessings.

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