Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 8. Wilt thou condemn me ] Rather than submit to be thought in the wrong, wilt thou condemn MY conduct, in order to justify thyself? Some men will never acknowledge themselves in the wrong. "God may err, but we cannot," seems to be their impious maxim. Unwillingness to acknowledge a fault frequently leads men, directly or indirectly, to this sort of blasphemy. There are three words most difficult to be pronounced in all languages, - I AM WRONG.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-14 - Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be mor thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, ha power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace much less rescuing us from his justice; and therefore into his hand we must commit ourselves. The renewal of a believer proceeds in the sam way of conviction, humbling, and watchfulness against remaining sin, a his first conversion. When convinced of many evils in our conduct, we still need convincing of many more.
Original Hebrew האף637 תפר6565 משׁפטי4941 תרשׁיעני7561 למען4616 תצדק׃6663
