Psalms 119:96

I have seen an end of all perfection -The word which is here rendered “perfection” -תכלהtiklâh- occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root -תכליתtaklı̂yth- occurs in the following places: inNehemiah 3:21, andJob 26:10, rendered “end;” inJob 11:7;Job 28:3, rendered “perfection;” and inPsalms 139:22, rendered “perfect.” It means properly “completion, perfection;” or, as others suppose, “hope, confidence.” It is rendered, in the Septuagint and Latin Vulgate, “consummation.” Luther renders it, “of all things.” It is proper here to apply it to character; to perfect virtue, or to claims to perfect virtue - either in one’s-self or in others.