This inquiry may be regarded:
I. As a check on human presumption.
II. As a warning against impious distrust.
III. As a rebuke of moral timidity.
IV. As an argument against all false confidences.
Parker, Hidden Springs,p. 272.
References: Psalms 118:8. Spurgeon, Evening by Evening,p. 67. Psalms 118:10. J. M. Neale, Sermons on Passages of the Psalms,p. 254.Psalms 118:12. Spurgeon, Evening by Evening,p. 97.