John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:12
Deu 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Ver. 12. Hear your cumbrance. ] A prince’s temples are not so compassed with a crown, as his mind besieged with cares; nor is he so lifted up with the splendour of his train, as cast down with the multitude of his fears. See Trapp on " Deu 1:9 " St Paul also had the "cumber a of the churches." 2Co 11:28 All care cumbered and mustered together, and that with anxiety; with the same solicitude that a man... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 1:9-18
Deuteronomy 1:9-18And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.The promised increase pleadedI. The glorious being addressed. “The Lord God of your fathers.”1. In His essential character as Lord God.(1) In creation.(2) In providence.(3) In redemption.2. In His relative character. “Lord God of your fathers.”(1) Literally in its application to Israel. The Lord God, who called Abraham, blessed Isaac, and named Jacob; who delivered His people from the proud yoke... read more