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Isa_49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.
Ver. 16. Behold, I have graven thee.] {a} So that as oft as I look upon mine own hands I cannot but think on thee. We read of one who had written the whole history of Christ’s Passion upon the nails of his hands in small letters. The "signet on his finger" a man cannot lightly look beside. See Son_8:6 Jer_22:24. Some think here is alluded to that precept given by God, of binding the Commandments to their right hand. {Deu_6:8}
Thy walls are continually before me.] The Lord doth so delight in his servants, that their "walls are ever in his sight," and he loveth to look upon the houses where they dwell. See on Psa_87:6.
{a} Non descripsit sed "sculpsit," et quidem "in manibus," utraque scilicet. - Scultet.