οὔκ ἔσομαι] As in the former phrase: Heb. has ‘appoint me not...’

8. ἀνεῖται] See on i. 14 ; here= ‘is relaxed,’ vaguer than the Heb. ‘is fallen in ruin.’

Kay is disposed to see here a reference to ’s sin and its punishment: 2 Chron. xxvi. 20.

ἐταπεινώθη] ABBREV‘eyes,’ read as ABBREV.’

9. αἰσχύνη τοῦ προσώπου] Some, with R.V. margin, take this of their ‘respect of persons,’ see on ver. 3; but it is more probably the ‘look’ of the face, as revealed to any observer: the LXX. interprets well, though it is almost more shamelessness than shame that is implied. The genitive Σοδόμων gives a special force, which is hardly warranted by the Hebrew.