For all those things hath mine hand made
The heavens and the earth, which are his throne and footstool;
and therefore, since he is the Creator of all things, he must be
immense, omnipresent, and cannot be included in any space or
place: and all those things have been, saith the
Lord;
or "are" F12; they are in being, and continue,
and will, being supported by the hand that made them; and what
then can be made by a creature? or what house be built for God?
or what need of any? but to this man will I
look.
The Septuagint and Arabic versions read, by way of interrogation,
"and to whom shall I look?" and so the Syriac version, which
adds, "in whom shall I dwell?" not in temples made with hands;
not in the temple of Jerusalem; but in the true tabernacle which
God pitched, and not man; in Christ the antitypical temple, in
whom the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, and in whom
Jehovah the Father dwells personally; see ( Hebrews 8:2 ) (
John 2:19 ) (
Colossians 2:9 ) (
John 14:10 ) as
also in every true believer, who is the temple of the living God,
later described, for these words may both respect Christ and his
members; the characters well agree with him: even to him
that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at
my
word;
Christ was poor literally, and his estate and condition in this
world was very low and mean, ( 2
Corinthians 8:9 ) , or "afflicted" F13, as
some render it, as he was by God, and by men, and by devils; or
"humble" {n}, meek and lowly, as the Septuagint and Targum; it
was foretold of him that he should be lowly; and this character
abundantly appeared in him, ( Zechariah
9:9 ) ( Matthew
11:29 ) and he was of a "contrite" or broken spirit, not only
was his body broken, but his spirit also; not through a sense of
sin, and consciousness of it, but through his sorrows and
sufferings: he also trembled at the word of
God;
that is, had a suitable and becoming reverence of it; it was at
the word of the Lord he assumed human nature; and according as
his Father taught, and gave him commandment, so he spake; and,
agreeably to it, laid down his life, and became obedient to
death: and now the Lord looks, to him; he looks to him as his own
Son, with a look of love, and even as in human nature, and is
well pleased with all he did and suffered in it; he looked to him
as the surety of his people, for the payment of their debts, and
the security and salvation of their persons; and he now looks to
his obedience and righteousness, with which he is well pleased,
and imputes it to his people, and to his blood, sacrifice, and
satisfaction, on account of which he forgives their sins, and to
his person for the acceptance of theirs; and he looks to them in
him, and has a gracious regard for them: they also may be
described as "poor"; poor in spirit, spiritually poor, as they
see and own themselves to be, and seek to Christ for the riches
of grace and glory, which they behold in him, and expect from
him; and are both "afflicted and humble", and become the one by
being the other; and of a contrite spirit,
their hard hearts being broken by the Spirit and word of God, and
melted by the love and grace of God; and so contrite, not in a
mere legal, but evangelical manner: and such tremble at the
Word of God;
not at the threatenings of wrath in it, or in a servile slavish
manner; but have a holy reverence for it F15, and
receive it, not as the word of man, but as the word of God: and
to such the Lord looks; he looks on these poor ones, and feeds
them; on these afflicted ones, and sympathizes with them; on
these contrite ones, and delights in their sacrifices, and dwells
with them, and among them; see ( Psalms 51:17
) ( Isaiah
57:15 ) .