And again he saith,.... God or Christ, in De 32:43;rejoice ye Gentiles with his people; which from the Hebrew text are by some rendered, "rejoice his people O ye Gentiles"; to which agree the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, who render it, "praise O ye nations his people"; or as some copies of the former, "the judgment of his people"; and the latter adds, the house of Israel.
The note of R. Sol. Jarchi on the text is,"at that time the nations shall praise Israel; see what is the praise of this people that cleave unto the Lord, &c.''But the design of this song is to praise God, and not the people of Israel; who in it are severely reproved for their many iniquities, and especially their very great ingratitude to God, and are threatened with the heaviest judgments.
This is seen by other Jewish writers, who interpret the words accordingly, as R.