Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
    and I know I will not be put to shame.
8 He who vindicates me is near.
    Who then will bring charges against me?
    Let us face each other!
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
9 It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
    Who will condemn me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths will eat them up.

The Servant’s confidence is not in Himself; not in His own strength, but In God who will vindicate Him in the end (8; see 1 Peter 2:21-23).

Charges were brought against Jesus, but, as we know, they were false and couldn’t stick. Jesus ‘took His case to a higher court’ and ”the Sovereign Lord” vindicated Him. It has been pointed out that the language of verse 8 is that of the court room. The Servant expects to be the victim of false accusation (see Mark 14:56).

Gloriously, according to Romans 8:33,34, this vindication applies to those who are in Christ:

”Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”

We most certainly are guilty, but in Christ we are declared ‘not guilty’!

‘Amazing love, how can it be? That thou, my God, should’st die for me.’ Charles Wesley.