Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 119:113

"I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love." — Psalms 119:113 (ASV)

SAMECH.

I hate vain thoughts. —Rather, I hate men who halt between two opinions, following 1 Kings 18:21, where the cognate noun from the same root, to divide, appears. Probably we are to think of those among the Jews who were for political reasons favorably inclined towards foreign customs and ideas, and who would not throw in their lot frankly and courageously with the national party.