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He shall not fail, nor be discouraged; though he be thus meek, and gentle, yet he is also courageous and resolute against all the great and many difficulties and conflicts to which he will be exposed, and will not give over till he have finished his work; or, as others render the words, He shall not be darkened (this glorious light shall not be eclipsed or obscured; or, He shall shine forth brightly and gloriously, as the LXX. render this word) nor broken by all the attempts and vigorous endeavours of his enemies who design it.
Till he have set judgment in the earth; till he have published and established his law or doctrine (as this judgment is expounded in the next clause) among the nations of the earth. And this word till respects only the time past, but not the time to come, as if he would then fail, or be discouraged, when once he had
set judgment on the earth; which is contrary to reason, and to other evident scriptures. And so this word is used, Gen_28:15 Psa_71:18 Mat_1:25.
The isles; the countries remote from Judea, to which God’s law was now confined, as this word is oft used.
Shall wait for his law; shall gladly receive his doctrine and commands from time to time.