My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?
Ibn Ezra
For all, etc. This is a second reason, why all is in the power of God, why all is His; namely, that throne and that footstool are made by me. ויהיו כל אלה And all those things have been, all those things, which my hand has made. But to this man will I look, etc. Although heaven is my throne, yet will I look to the poor and to him that is of a contrite spirit. I will look, I will direct my eye, my attention to him; it is the opposite of I will hide my face from you (1:15)
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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