Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
my people—the Jews. This reading is better than that of GESENIUS: "O peoples . . . nations," namely, the Gentiles. The Jews are called on to hear and rejoice in the extension of the true religion to the nations; for, at the first preaching of the Gospel, as in the final age to come, it was from Jerusalem that the gospel law was, and is, to go forth (Isaiah 2:3).
law . . . judgment—the gospel dispensation and institutions (Isaiah 42:1, "judgment").
make . . . to rest—establish firmly; found.
light, etc.— (Isaiah 42:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 51:4:
Isaiah 42:1
Isaiah 51:15
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