Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. or Hebrew Psalm 116. Verse 11. Excess. Septuagint “ecstacy.” Enlightened from above. If he had spoken thus by his own spirit, any one might have replied, that no dependance could be placed in what he said. We are all liable to mistake. Saint Jerome—Many explain it of David’s “flight” before Absalom. Hebrew “in my precipitation,” ( Calmet.) or “astonishment.” Saint Jerome—Liar. Weak and inconstant of his own corrupt nature, ( Bible.) though not always guilty of lying. Calmet.—Saint Paul contrasts this natural weakness with the veracity of God, (Bert.) and the preaching of his apostles. Romans 3:4 and 2 Corinthians 1:17. Bible.—In the midst of my afflictions, I professed that all man’s help is vain, and I had recourse to God. Worthington.