Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
I believed, therefere have I spoken - Distressed and afflicted as I was, I ever believed thy promises to be true; but I had great struggles to maintain my confidence; for my afflictions were great, oppressive, and of long standing.
It is scarcely worth observing that the letters called heemantic by the Hebrew grammarians, and which are used in forming the derivatives from the roots, are taken from the first word in this verse, heemanti , "I have believed;" as the prefixes in that language are found in the technical words Mosheh vecaleb , "Moses and Caleb;" and the formatives of the future are found in the word eythan , "strength."
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