9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
9 At that time I said to you, "You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
9 "At that time I said to you, 'I am not able to bear you by myself.
9 At the time I told you, "I can't do this, can't carry you all by myself.
9 "And I spoke to you at that time, saying: 'I alone am not able to bear you.
9 Moses continued, "At that time I told you, 'You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9-18
(Read Deuteronomy 1:9-18)
Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them, which showed God's goodness to them, and the care of Moses.