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Q. meaning of. A false witness shall perish, but the man 9 2
that heareth speaketh constantly, 21, 28 So A False wit-
ness shall not be unpunished and he that speaketh lies he who witnesses false, man’s own: Thus connecting
shall perish twice. 19, 5, 9. itself with the passages referring to the third
subject.
III. The purging of iniquity by truth. "By mercy and truth
iniquity is purged" 16, 6 i.e. by neither disguising
it, nor treating it as unpardonable: A if 10, 18 "he that
hideth hatred with lying lips - is a fool", otherwise
obscure, may be at all understood in this sense.
The connection of mercy with truth is constant: so
20, 28 as coming from the heaven and earth in Ps 85m 10,11
so Ps 99. 14.
IV. The Perpetuity of Truth. The life of truth shall be
established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a
moment, 12 19 That I might make them know the
certainty of the words of truth: 22, 21. So after Isaiah
has spoken of the Precious cornerstone" Judgment also
will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet:
and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,
28, 17 Referring to the stability of Thrones this subject
is connected with the 5th.
V. The Kingliness of Truth. Excellent speech becometh not a
fool, much less do lying lips a prince, 17, 7. Mercy and
truth preserve the King, 20, 28.
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