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11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. …
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm , I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken . This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers,…
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