At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. For. I speak from experience. Calmet.—If I had no other inducement, I would observe this law for the consolation, ( Bible.) and repeated advantages which I have derived from it. Theod.—Those who keep the same, and content not themselves with reading or hearing only, may feel the same impressions.—Reward: on which account the prophet declares that he observed the justifications; (Psalms 118:112) though that passage is corrupted in the Prot. version. Worthington.—Hebrew “wherefore thy servant shall teach them;” (Saint Jerome) or rather, “is instructed by them, and convinced that in keeping them there are frequent falls. Who,” &chapter 13. Calmet.—Hekeb may indeed signify “a fall,” or tripping up the heels. But it is more commonly rendered “a reward,” (as Prot. Mont. and so forth here agree) or end, as 1 Peter (1:9) has it. Bible.—The instruction, which the observer of the laws obtains, arises from that observance, inasmuch as “he is attentive to them.” Septuagint φυλασσει αυτα. This must therefore be understood, and is well expressed by Custodit. Taste, and see that the Lord is sweet. Psalms 33:9. Berthier.