Psalms 119:96

“I have seen an end of all perfection, etc.] An end, limit, or border, to every country, as the Syriac version; as there is to every kingdom and state, and to the whole world; but none to the commandment of God: or an end of all created beings, the finished works of God, the most perfect in their kind. Manythings had already fallen under the observation of the psalmist: he had seen men of the greatest strength, and of the most consummate wisdom, and that had attained to the highest degree of power and authority, of wealth and riches, and yet were all come to nothing; he had seen some of the most flourishing states and kingdoms brought to desolation; he had seen an entire end of them: he saw…”

“I have seen an end of all perfection - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה tiklâh - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית taklı̂yth - occurs in the following places: in Nehemiah 3:21, and Job 26:10, rendered “end;” in Job 11:7; Job 28:3, rendered “perfection;” and in Psalms 139:22, rendered “perfect.” It means properly “completion, perfection;” or, as others suppose, “hope, confidence.” It is rendered, in the Septuagint and Latin Vulgate, “consummation.” Luther renders it, “of all things.” It is proper here to apply it to character; to perfect virtue, or to claims to perfect virtue - either in one’s-self or in others. The word rendered…”

“Perfection - Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment - Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole. Broad - Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it is useful to all persons: it is of everlasting truth and efficacy; it will never deceive those who trust to it, as all worldly things will, but will make men happy both here and for ever. Psalms 119:100”

“119:96 Even perfection has its limits: Humans cannot fully understand God’s ways (see Eccl 3:11).”

“I have seen: That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity. Psa 39:5, Psa 39:6; Sa1 9:2, Sa1 17:8, Sa1 17:49-51, Sa1 31:4, Sa1 31:5; Sa2 14:25, Sa2 16:23, Sa2 17:23; Sa2 18:14, Sa2 18:17; Ecc 1:2, Ecc 1:3, Ecc 2:11, Ecc 7:20, Ecc 12:8; Mat 5:18, Mat 24:35 but thy: Psa 19:7, Psa 19:8; Mat 5:28, Mat 22:37-40; Mar 12:29-34; Rom 7:7-12, Rom 7:14; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13 Psalms 119:97”