A man; either,
1. The man or king spoken of. Or,
2. Each or every one, to wit, of his princes. That king shall not patch up an old garment with new cloth, nor mingle good and bad together; but shall take care to purge out all the corrupt magistrates, and, as far as he can, to settle good ones in all places. A man is oft put for every or any man, as Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 3:5,6, and elsewhere. Shall be as an hiding place unto the people under their government, especially to such as are oppressed or injured by those Who are more potent than they. From the wind; from the rage and violence of evil men. As rivers of water in a dry place; no less refreshing and acceptable shall this king and his princes be to their subjects. In a weary land; in a dry and scorched country, which is called weary here, as also Psalms 63:1, metonymically, because it makes travellers weary; as death is called pale in other authors, because it makes men's faces pale.