Verse 11
11. I said in my haste The word “haste,” here, must take the sense of agitation, alarm; or of flight, hasty retreat. The last does not suit the historic relations of the psalm, though it does Psalms 31:22, which see. Agitation from fear and doubt is the idea, as Deuteronomy 20:3, where it is rendered tremble.
All men are liars Every man is false, deceitful. Thus it appeared from the standpoint of his distress. But “it is obvious that behind the negative there is concealed the positive I place my confidence, not in deceitful men, but on my true and faithful God.” Hengstenberg. In this sense it is parallel to Psalms 108:8. See Psalms 62:9; Romans 3:4
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