But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously
This is the prophet's appeal to God, as the Judge of the whole
earth, who will do right; he found there was no justice to be
done him among men; he therefore has recourse to a righteous God,
who he knew judged righteous judgment: that triest the
reins and the heart;
of all men; as of his own, so of his enemies; and which he
mentions, not so much on his own account as theirs: let me
see thy vengeance on them;
which imprecation arose from a pure zeal for God, for his glory,
and the honour of his justice; and not from private revenge; and
so no ways inconsistent with the character of a good man; though
some consider the words as a prediction of what would befall
them, and he should live to see accomplished; and render them, "I
shall see &c." F17; and so the Targum,
``I shall see the vengeance of thy judgment on them:''for unto thee have I revealed my cause;