As the Dew. For this imagery, see Psalm 130:3. Properly, it is “a copious mist, shedding small invisible rain, that comes in rich …

His branches shall spread,

This is growing sideways. So, the believer spreads his branches by public profession and testimony, afte…

The Prophet continues with the same subject, but joins the beginning of the first verse with the second clause of the former verse. He had said tha…

His branches shall spread As the well rooted cedars in Lebanon; see (Numbers 24:6) . This respects the propag…

Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, He loves freely—not because they deserv…