(Isa. 50:8)
In an ancient Middle Eastern civil court, the two opponents stood together to hear the judge’s decision. In a criminal court, the accuser made the charge personally to the defendant. Here, the servant is persecuted from all sides, but “the Lord is near, and he justifieth me.”
(Donald W. Parry, Jay A. Parry, and Tina M. Peterson, Understanding Isaiah [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1998], 444.)