If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. Create. Hebrew bera, a term never used but for a new production. Whatever comes immediately from God must be pure, and as David had fallen into impurity, he earnestly implores this gift. He prays for the new heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26. Bible.—Thou hast said, Behold, I make all things new. Revelation 21. Oh that I may be included, that I may sing a new canticle, having become a new man! 2 Corinthians 5:17. Ephesians 4:24. Bert.—Right. Hebrew “constant,” ( Bible.) the Holy Spirit, thy inspiration, or that uprightness, of which I have been deprived. Calmet.—Bowels, or interior. Worthington.—These sentiments ought to animate priests, when they hear confessions. Worthington.