When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Ver. 29. When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up] And that by the force of thy faith, the nature whereof is to gather one contrary out of another (as life out of death, assurance of deliverance out of deepest distresses, Deu 32:36), and to believe God upon his bare word, and that against sense in things invisible, and against reason in things incredible. Because they are humbled, thou shalt say, Exaltation: and saving of him that boweth his eyes down; whereof some make this to be the sense: Job, attaining to such a blessed change, shall be able out of his own experience to comfort others in misery, who likewise humble themselves. Junius rendereth it and the following verse thus: When men shall have cast down any one, and thou shalt think of his lifting up; then will God save the low of eyes, or him that is low in his own eyes: he will deliver that guilty person, and he shall be delivered by the purity of thy hands; that is, saith he, So great shall his love be to thee, and his blessing upon thee, that for thy sake he shall show mercy to others, though they be none of the best, according to the promise made to Abraham, Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:24. And hence Job's intercession is joined with that of Noah and Daniel, Ezekiel 14:14 .
And he shall save the humble person] Heb. Him that is low of eyes, as was Job at this time; and the publican, Luke 18:13. "A high look and a proud heart" go together, Psalms 101:5. And as God resisteth such, Jam 4:4 1 Peter 5:5, so he giveth grace to the humble; and not grace only, but glory too, as here; safety here, and salvation hereafter.