Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Ver. 3. Talk no more so exceeding proudly.] Heb., Multiply not, speak not loftiness, loftiness. Peninnah, that odious woman, had vexed and troubled holy Hannah both in her prayers and meals, with her insolent speeches. Now she is warned to have done, and not to let hard words any more to come out of her mouth, Ne lapides loquantur. See Judges 1:15. And why? for divers good reasons: -
For the Lord is a God of knowledge.] Heb., Of knowledges; and he taketh cognizance of your pride and petulancy. See Mal 3:13 Matthew 12:17 See Trapp on " Mal 3:13 " See Trapp on " Mat 12:17 "
And by him actions are weighed,] i.e., Exactly examined, and their a obliquities discovered and punished. Or, By him enterprises are established viz., if they be to his good liking, else not.
a The elephant, that largest of beasts, hath the smallest tongue; and nothing is said of his voice, Job 39:1-30 to teach great men not to speak big words.