Proverbs 17

Proverbs 17:3

Perfect - Will finish the great work of my deliverance. Forsake not - Or, do not give over, the work of my salvation, which is thus far advanced, not by any human help, but by thy power and providence.

Proverbs 17:5

Perfect - Will finish the great work of my deliverance. Forsake not - Or, do not give over, the work of my salvation, which is thus far advanced, not by any human help, but by thy power and providence.

Proverbs 17:6

Afar off - Thou knowest what my thoughts will be in such and such circumstances, long before I know it, yea from all eternity.

Proverbs 17:7

Compassest - Thou discernest every step I take. It is a metaphor from soldiers besieging their enemies, and setting watches round about them.

Proverbs 17:9

Beset me - With thy all - seeing providence. And laid - Thou keepest me, as it were with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power.

Proverbs 17:10

I cannot - Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all things.

Proverbs 17:12

Hell - If I could hide myself in the lowest parts of the earth.

Proverbs 17:13

The wings - If I should flee from east to west: for the sea being the western border of Canaan, is often put for the west in scripture. And wings are poetically ascribed to the morning here, as they are elsewhere to the sun, and to the winds.

Proverbs 17:20

Imperfect - When I was first conceived. Book - In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work, according to that model which thou hadst appointed.

Proverbs 17:21

Thoughts - Thy counsels on my behalf. Thou didst not only form me at first, but ever since my conception and birth, thy thoughts have been employed for me.

Proverbs 17:22

Them - Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly into my mind.

Proverbs 17:26

Perfect hatred - See the difference between the Jewish and the Christian spirit!