“I said in my haste, All men are liars.”~ Psa. 116:11
In trying to understand this text you’ll find there are as many interpretations as there are commentaries. At such times I find it more profitable not to be as concerned with, “What meaneth this?” as, “What saith the scripture?” When one does not know what a text means, it is usually (not always) safe to go by what it says.
Just prior to making this rash statement, David tells us, “I was greatly afflicted.” It is neither uncommon nor unnatural for God’s people to hastily utter harsh, censuring, criticism of others when dire circumstances are prolonged in their lives. Because of the weakness of the flesh, there are occasions when the best of Christians can speak amiss and utter things they do not really mean.
During these instances when our faith falters, we can become morbid. We see things and people in a gloomy and melancholic way, which is not true in reality, at lest to the extent we carry them. When we pass through painful periods, we need to heed the godly advice of Matthew Henry, who admonishes, “What we speak amiss, in haste, we must by repentance unsay again.”
Eating our words can be bitter to the spirit, but sweet to our soul.
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