The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Mercy. Man must attribute nothing to himself, otherwise he will be moved by pride. Saint Augustine Calmet.—Things; patience and reward. Worthington.—The prophet feels a secret confidence arising in his breast, in consequence of God’s protection.—Yea, and so forth is not in Hebrew but it is in the Septuagint Arab. and the ancient Fathers. Hebrew “My heart shall be transported in thy salvation; I will praise the Lord, because he has rendered me the like,” as I placed my hopes in him: ( Calmet.) or, “he hath rewarded me.” The blessed Virgin adopts the language of this verse, and the prophet probably had the same salvation, Christ, in view. Berthier.