SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I hate vain thoughts - This begins a new portion of the psalm, distinguished by the Hebrew letter Samech (ס s…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

SAMECH.

I hate vain thoughts. —Rather, I hate men who halt between two opinions, following [Reference 1 K…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even to the end. I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.

Notice tha…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I have hated crooked thoughts. Those who are of the opinion that the word סעפום seaphim, the first in the verse and rendered

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(o) , SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part .

Psalms 119:113

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

There is a dread of the risings of sin, and its very first beginnings. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we will be, lest vain tho…

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