' 3. ^tt!J^9 he thai doeilk. This participle is in a state of regimen/
as Tsere imder the l^, instead of Segol^ shows; and therefore
^e must suppose that it states distributively what is affirmed
collectiyely in the first member. The ancient yersions^ and many
MSS. of Eennicott and De Bossi, have "^^ the plu.^ corre-
sponding with ^pttf.
4. ^^"3?^ > remember me. The people here^ taken collectively,
should be regarded as the speaker. Hence, tiie LXX., Syr.,
Arab., and Ethiop., have the plural object, pron., as if the affis:
were -"D : so also have two or three MSS. The Chald. retains
the sing. fOg "P^t"}!! , icith the favour of Thi/ people, i. e. with
the distinguished favour which Thy people have been accus-
tomed to receive from Thee. ''Cum eo favore, quo prosequi
soles populum tuum.'' Geier. The genitive ^f&|^ is* of course
the object, and not the agent of this favour. In the same
manner we have, in Is. xxvi. 19, the dew of herbs, i. e. the dew
received by herbs. Again, Joel iv. 19, the violence of the eons of
Judah, which in our version is, the violence against the sons of
Judah.
6. il^l*^^, to see, or that I may see. T^TTa 215^2, the

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good of Thy chosen, i. e. the prosperity of Thy chosen, i HK")
is to look on icith pleasure, ^H denotes Israel, the same as
TlTTil and '^rhn^ . See Zeph. ii. 9.
