“Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem : Dominus fecit utrumque.”
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.”
“Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.”
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.”
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”
Both. Consequently he will know all our actions, Psalm xciii. 9. We must refer all to him, as he gives us the means of learning. (Calmet)
Note, 1. It is easy to find those that will pretend to be kind and liberal. Many a man will call himself a man of mercy, will boast what good he has done and what good he designs to do, or, at least, what an affection he has to well-doing. Most men will talk a great deal of their charity, generosity, hospitality, and piety, will sound a trumpet to themselves, as the Pharisees, and what little goodness they have will proclaim it and make a mighty matter of it. 2. But it is hard to find those that really are kind and liberal, that have done and will do more than either they speak of or care to hear spoken of, that will be true friends in a strait; such a one as one may trust to is like a black swan.