The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity (of body): but a wounded spirit who can bear? It is the office of the spirit, or mind, to govern the body, but not that of the body to govern the mind: therefore, when the body is under "infirmary," "the spirit sustains it: but if the spirit be afflicted, there is nothing which can bear it up (Proverbs 15:13). 'The spirit of a true MAN' (so the Hebrew, ish, means; a manly, spirit) stands in contrast to "a broken spirit." We ought not so to yield to calamity as to suffer the "spirit" to be "broken," but we ought to make "the name of the Lord" our "tower of strength" (Proverbs 18:10).