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I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless. MEM
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All Human Perfection Fails
The psalmist observes a universal truth: everything human and earthly that seems perfect—whether personal character, wisdom, or power—has limits and eventually comes to an end. Commentators explain that this is a deliberate contrast to the nature of God's word. All claims to human perfection are shown to be flawed when examined closely.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have seen an end of all perfection. The word that is here rendered "perfection"—תכלה tiklâh—occurs only in this…
19th Century
Anglican
I have seen. —The exact thought of the psalmist here is doubtful, and it offers such a wide application, embracing so many truths …
Baptist
I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies. I have…
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16th Century
Protestant
In all perfection, I have seen the end. The prophet again, using other words, affirms the same truth that he had taught in the first verse…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have seen an end of all perfection An end, limit, or border, to every country, as the Syriac version; as ther…
The settling of God's word in heaven is opposed to the changes and upheavals of the earth. And the commitments of God's covenant are established mo…
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