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I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.
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Direction, Not Perfection
Commentators clarify that when the psalmist says he has "not turned aside," he isn't claiming sinless perfection. Rather, he is describing the overall direction and sincere aim of his life. As Albert Barnes notes, the character of a believer's life is one of obedience, even while acknowledging personal imperfections.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have not departed from your judgments—Your law; Your commands. This cannot mean that he had never done this, but that, as a great…
19th Century
Baptist
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Those who are taught of God are always well taught; they never unl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have not departed from your judgments From the precepts of the word, from the ways and worship and ordinances of G…
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