The days of His youth hast Thou shortened, by the tremendous pressure of the burden of men's iniquity; Thou hast covered Him with shame, wrapping Him up in disgrace before men. Selah. Such was the Messiah's condition as He entered upon His great work of the redemption of mankind. The iniquities and the guilt of all men having been laid upon Him, He was held responsible for all, made strictly accountable for the debt which He had agreed to pay. The Messiah Himself is now introduced with a cry of distress.

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