And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Ver. 14. And the Lord looked upon him.] As well liking his speech, for the main, and the publicness of his spirit, sensible of the common calamity.
Go in this thy might.] As thou now lustily belabourest the wheat thou art threshing out, so arise and thresh the mountains, the Midianites, another while. Isa 41:15 Mic 4:13 Or, in this thy might, which I now give thee.
And thou shalt save Israel.] God could have saved them without Gideon, or any other instrument. But in most of his works he acteth, as I may so speak, in concert with the creature. It is seldom that he hath an immediate attingence with effects: he useth, and delighteth to use the service of men.