Next after the speech of the confederates of Babylon, comes that of the Jews celebrating with thanksgivings the promise-keeping faithfulness of their covenant God.
brought forth, etc. - (Psa 37:6).
our righteousness - not the Jews’ merits, but God’s faithfulness to Himself and to His covenant, which constituted the “righteousness” of His people, that is, their justification in their controversy with Babylon, the cruel enemy of God and His people. Compare Jer 23:6, “The Lord our righteousness”; Mic 7:9. Their righteousness is His righteousness.