They looked to him, and were lightened
That is, "the humble" ones, ( Psalms 34:2 ) ; and so
this is a reason why they should join in praising and magnifying
the Lord; these "looked" up to God in prayer and by faith, when
in distressed and uncomfortable circumstances, for help and
deliverance, and a supply of every needful good thing; and they
were "enlightened"; so the Targum renders it, "their faces were
enlightened"; as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, in opposition
to what follows: they must have been enlightened before they
could look, but by looking to the Lord more light was gained:
this chiefly designs the light of joy, peace, and comfort, which
is had in a way of believing: some render the word "and flowed"
F12, as a river does, that is, to the
Lord, as in ( Jeremiah
31:12 ) . So Kimchi and Ben Melech explain the word; and it
denotes both the numbers of them that looked up to the Lord in
their distress, and the swiftness of their motion to him, and
their earnestness and fervour of mind; so faith is not only a
looking to Christ, but a going forth unto him;
and their faces were not ashamed;
having what they prayed and looked for, and what they hoped and
believed they should have; namely, deliverance and salvation, and
so peace and pleasure.