He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice (with grandiloquent words and loud emphasis), rising early in the morning it shall be counted a curse to him - it shall be counted to the flatterer all the same as if he cursed his friend (cf. Proverbs 26:25). "Early in the morning" implies the affected assiduity of the flatterer (Proverbs 8:34; Jeremiah 25:3-4). The exaggerated praise and compliment engender suspicion of sinister motives.