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Psalms 119:96

Psalms 119:96
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I understand more than the ancients,.... Than those that had lived in ages before him; having clearer light given him, and larger discoveries made unto him, concerning the Messiah, his person and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I have seen an end of all perfection - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה tiklâh - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית taklı̂yth - occurs in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Here we have David's testimony from his own experience, 1. Of the vanity of the world and its insufficiency to make us happy: I have seen an end of all perfection. Poor perfection which one sees an…