Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Ethiopians. So S. Jerom, Aquila, and so forth translate Tsiim, ( Bible.) which denotes any nations living at a distance from commerce, (Bert.) or islanders, and those who are accustomed to sail. Isaiah 13:21. People on the continent, as well as those in islands, and ships, shall submit to Solomon, 3 Kennicott. 10:11) as all shall yield to Christ, ( Calmet.) at least at the day of judgment.—Ground. Prostrating to adore him. Isaiah 49:23. Bert.—Thus the Persians approach their kings, (Val. Max. vii. 3.) as the Muscovites and Chinese do still. Calmet.—The eunuch of the queen of Ethiopia was the first convert of those who did not live in the holy land. Acts 8:27. Menochius.