For a manread each one (of the princes). The meaning of the figure is that every great man, instead of being a tyrant and oppressor of the poor (Isaiah 29:20 f.), shall be a protection against calamity and a source of beneficent activity.

from the tempest from the rain storm; cf. ch. Isaiah 4:6.

the shadow of a great(lit. "heavy") rock cooler than that of a tree. Frequently cited parallels (since Gesenius) are the σκιὴ πετραίη of Hesiod (Works, 589) and the "saxea umbra" of Vergil (Georg.III. 145).

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