Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

The good or evil which man can do is uecessHrily limited.

Pa. Ixxxix. 10. "Are they esteemed." This is not in the text. W The Greek and Latin terms denote an age. or long period, but here seem to be taken for eternity, which is marked as one continued day, compared with which the longest life is as a drop of water to the ocean.

This is not in the text. It was probably inserted as an explanation of the clause : " before judgment examine thyself."

G. P. " In the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy." The time of trial and examination is meant .

G. P. "Take no pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expense thereof." It refers to the custom of clubbing together for the expenses of a banquet.