SEV Biblia, Chapter 116:11
Y dije en mi apresuramiento: Todo hombre es mentiroso.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 115:11
Verse 11. I said in my haste ] This is variously translated: I said in my Light, CHALDEE. In my excess, or ecstasy, VULGATE. In my ecstasy, ekstasei, SEPTUAGINT. tahayury, in my giddiness, ARABIC. In my fear or tremor, SYRIAC. , I quoth in outgoing mine, when I was beside myself, ANGLO-SAXON. "In myn oute passyng", old Psalter. When passion got the better of my reason, when I looked not at God, but at my afflictions, and the impossibility of human relief. All men are liars. ] bzk µdah lk col haadam cozeb, "the whole of man is a lie." Falsity is diffused through his nature; deception proceeds from his tongue; his actions are often counterfeit. He is imposed on by others, and imposes in his turn; and on none is there any dependence till God converts their heart.
"O what a thing were man, if his attires Should alter with his mind, And, like a dolphin's skin, His clothes combine with his desires! Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce; All would disperse, And live apart." HERBERT.
To the same purpose I shall give the following Italian proverb: - Con arte e con inganno, Si vive mezzo l'anno.
Con inganno e con arte Si vive l' altro parti.
"Men live half the year by deceit and by art; By art and deceit men live the other part." Who gives this bad character of mankind? MAN.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-19 - When troubled, we do best to hold our peace, for we are apt to spea unadvisedly. Yet there may be true faith where there are workings of unbelief; but then faith will prevail; and being humbled for ou distrust of God's word, we shall experience his faithfulness to it What can the pardoned sinner, or what can those who have been delivere from trouble or distress, render to the Lord for his benefits? We cannot in any way profit him. Our best is unworthy of his acceptance yet we ought to devote ourselves and all we have to his service. I wil take the cup of salvation; I will offer the drink-offerings appointe by the law, in token of thankfulness to God, and rejoice in God' goodness to me. I will receive the cup of affliction; that cup, tha bitter cup, which is sanctified to the saints, so that to them it is cup of salvation; it is a means of spiritual health. The cup of consolation; I will receive the benefits God bestows upon me, as from his hand, and taste his love in them, as the portion not only of min inheritance in the other world, but of my cup in this. Let others serv what masters they will, truly I am thy servant. Two ways men came to be servants. By birth. Lord, I was born in thy house; I am the son of thine handmaid, and therefore thine. It is a great mercy to be children of godly parents. By redemption. Lord, thou hast loosed my bonds, tho hast discharged me from them, therefore I am thy servant. The bond thou hast loosed shall tie me faster unto thee. Doing good i sacrifice, with which God is well pleased; and this must accompan giving thanks to his name. Why should we offer that to the Lord whic cost us nothing? The psalmist will pay his vows now; he will not dela the payment: publicly, not to make a boast, but to show he is no ashamed of God's service, and to invite others to join him. Such ar true saints of God, in whose lives and deaths he will be glorified __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
אני 589 אמרתי 559 בחפזי 2648 כל 3605 האדם 120 כזב׃ 3576
