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Isa_42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Ver. 1. Behold my servant.] Cyrus partly, but Christ principally {Mat_12:18} {See Trapp on "Mat_12:18"} {Php_2:7} A servant he was, yet not menial, but magisterial; that he was one or other is admirable, and well deserveth an Ecce Behold.
Whom I uphold.] That he faint not under the weight of his Mediatorship, and the importable burden of my wrath, which he must suffer for a season. Some render it "whom I lean upon." See 2Ki_5:18; 2Ki_7:2; 2Ki_7:13.
Mine elect, or choice one.] Cyrus was so. {Isa_43:10 Joh_6:27; Joh_6:29; Joh_10:36} See the notes on Mat_12:18. Cyrus was so singular a man, saith Herodotus, {a} that no Persian ever held himself worthy to be compared unto him. And of his court Xenophon {b} hath this memorable saying, that though a man should seek or choose blindfold, he could not miss of a good man. How much more truly may this be spoken of the Lord Christ and his people?
In whom my soul delighteth.] åõäïêçóå . God affected Cyrus, {Isa_45:3-4; Isa_44:28} but nothing so well as Christ. {Mat_3:17; Mat_17:5} Once God repented him that he had made man; but now it is otherwise.
He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.] Who shall all cry, "Grace, grace unto it," to see mercy rejoicing against judgment. See on Mat_12:18.
{a} Herod., lib. iii.
{b} Xenoph. Cyrop., lib. viii.