Commentary for Makkot 47:3

בא דוד והעמידן על אחת עשרה דכתיב (תהלים טו, א) מזמור לדוד [ה'] מי יגור באהלך מי ישכון בהר קדשך הולך תמים ופועל צדק ודובר אמת בלבבו לא רגל על לשונו לא עשה לרעהו רעה וחרפה לא נשא על קרובו נבזה בעיניו נמאס ואת יראי ה' יכבד נשבע להרע ולא ימיר כספו לא נתן בנשך ושוחד על נקי לא לקח עושה אלה לא ימוט לעולם

Dovid came and established them on eleven, as it is written, (Psamls 15,1) "A psalm of Dovid. Hashem, who shall dwell in your live? Who will dwell upon your holy mountain? One who walks upright, and works righteously, and speaks truth in his heart, That has no slander upon his tongue, nor does evil to his fellow, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those that fear Hashem; He swears to his own hurt, and does not changes; one who doesn't lend out his money on interest, Nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never falter.

Rashi on Makkot

And he established them [the commandments] on eleven - For in the beginning, they were righteous and could accept upon themselves the yoke of the many commandments, but the later generations were not so righteous, and if she would try to keep all [of the commandments], there would be no person who could merit this, and [so] David came and established them [the commandments] etc. in order that they merit if they would fulfill these eleven commandments. And, similarly, at every hour, the subsequent (lit. lower) generations would continue to reduce them.

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