O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Ver. 7. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee.] Let God be justified in all his judgments; say of him as in Deuteronomy 32:4; - "A God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he."
But unto us confusion of faces] a While we look upon flagitia aeque ac flagella nostra, our sins and miseries, we cannot but blush and bleed before thee.
a Deo da claritatem, tibi humilitatem. - Aug.