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Psalms 119:113
113I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.
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Context of Psalms 119:113
111I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy. 112I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end. ס (Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law. 114You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word. 115Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.
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סֵעֲפִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:113
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.
- Isaiah 55:7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
- Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- 2 Corinthians 10:5and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
- Psalms 119:97O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:113
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 113I hate vain thoughts - I have hated סעפים seaphim, "tumultuous, violent men." I abominate all mobs and insurrections, and troublers of the public peace.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 113I hate vain thoughts - This commences a new portion of the psalm, distinguished by the Hebrew letter Samech (ס s ), answering to our “s.” The word rendered “vain thoughts” occurs only in this place. It is rendered by the Septuagint, ́ paranomous - transgressors. So the Latin Vulgate. Luther renders it “die Flattergeister,” the frivolous-minded. The word means divided; a man of a divided mind; a man who has no sure faith in regard to divine things, but is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 113-120Verses 113-120 Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 113The godly hate the wicked and their actions (Psalm 5:4–6; compare Ezekiel 33:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 113113. vain thoughts--better, "unstable persons," literally, "divided men," those of a divided, doubting mind (Jas 1:8); "a double-minded man" [Hengstenberg], skeptics, or, skeptical notions as opposed to the certainty of God's word.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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