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Of Handel, it is said, that when composing his Messiah," and he came to these words, he was affected to tears; and well might he weep, for history furnishes no parallel to this case.

(J. Higgins.)

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KJV: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

WEB: He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.