For thou wilt save the afflicted people
As the people of God commonly are; they are afflicted with sin,
and the corruption of their own hearts, and with Satan and his
temptations, and with the world, its reproaches, and
persecutions; but God in his own time saves them out of them, if
not here, yet hereafter. This is particularly and eminently true
of the Christians who lived between the crucifixion of Christ and
the destruction of Jerusalem; who were greatly afflicted and
persecuted by the Jews, but were in a remarkable manner saved a
little before the destruction of Jerusalem, by being directed to
go out of it to a place called Pella F3; so that not one
Christian suffered in it;
but wilt bring down high looks;
or proud men, whom God humbles; these he abhors, resists, sets
himself against, scatters and destroys. The Jews were a very
proud people, and behaved in an insolent and insulting manner
towards Christ and his followers; but the high looks of the chief
priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, were brought down to a purpose,
when their city, temple, and nation, were destroyed; see (
Isaiah 2:11 )
.