Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth ... seek rigteousness, seek meekness. As in Zephaniah 2:1 (cf. note, Zephaniah 1:12), he had warned those hardened among the people (like the "lees," or crust formed beneath wines long undisturbed) to humble themselves, so now he admonishes "the meek" to proceed in their right course, that so they may escape the general calamity (Psalms 76:9). The meek bow themselves under God's chastisements to God's will, whereas the ungodly become only the more hardened by them.
Seek ye the Lord - in contrast to those that "sought not the Lord" (Zephaniah 1:6). The meek are not to regard what the multitude do, but seek God at once.
Which have wrought his judgment - i:e., His law. The true way of "seeking the Lord" is to "work judgment," not merely to be zealous about outward ordinances.
Seek meekness - not perversely murmuring against God's dealings, but patiently submitting to them, and composedly waiting for deliverance.
It may be ye shall be hid - (Isaiah 26:20; Amos 5:6). This phrase does not imply doubt of the deliverance of the godly, but expresses the difficulty of it, as well that the ungodly may see the certainty of their doom, as also that the faithful may value the more the grace of God in their case (1 Peter 4:17-19), and be stirred up to greater diligence to make their calling and election sure (Calvin). So accordingly it came to pass the meek and despised "poor of the land" were "left" by the captain of the Babylonian guard, amidst the general overthrow and captivity of the Jewish nation, "to be vinedressers and farmers" (2 Kings 25:12).