Proverbs 27:14

14. Rising early in the morning “Rising in the night.” Vulgate. The phrase, which is only two words in the Hebrew, is used to denote great zeal and earnestness. Extravagant and ill-timed praise is liable to excite suspicion of unworthy motives. The proverb is understood by some in this sense: That it is dangerous to make too much haste in praising men when they have not fully established their character. Too early and too much praise may be the ruin of a man, making him have a vain opinion of his own abilities and worth. (See on Proverbs 27:21.) It is uncertain whether the word him, in the last clause, means the blesser or the blessed. For the use of this word blesseth, in formal salutation, compare Ruth 2:4; Psalms 129:8.