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I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
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Guard Your Gaze and Mind
Commentators explain that "setting no wicked thing before my eyes" is a proactive commitment. It means refusing to look at, desire, or even entertain evil in one's thoughts and imagination. As Charles Spurgeon notes, what we gaze at can get "through the eyes into the mind and the heart." This is a practical strategy to starve temptation before it takes root.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes - That is, I will propose no wicked thing to be done; I will have no such object in view;…
19th Century
Anglican
I will set no... — Notice the wisdom of this resolve in a despotic monarch, who only has to speak to bring about whatever he has l…
Baptist
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes:
"I will not look at it, for if I do, I may long for it." It is the tendency of things th…
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16th Century
Protestant
I will not set a wicked thing before my eyes. After having declared that in leading a private life, he would practice virtue and righteous…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes , Either the eyes of the body, which are the inlets of lust and are easi…
In this psalm, David declares how he intended to regulate his household and govern his kingdom, so that he might stop wickedness and encourage godl…
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