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I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.
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A Treasure in the Heart
Commentators unanimously explain that to "hide" God's word means to treasure it. Like storing precious jewels in a safe place, the psalmist deposits God's word in his heart as his most valuable possession. Albert Barnes notes this internal treasure becomes the secret, governing power in a believer's life, kept safe from public view but always present.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thy word have I hid in mine heart - Compare the notes at Psalms 37:31. The word rendered “hid” means properly to conceal, so that a…
19th Century
Anglican
Your word. —This is a different term than the one used in Psalm 119:9. The two are interchanged throughout the psalm.
Baptist
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
There is the dread, you see — the dread of sinning — the drea…
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16th Century
Protestant
I have hid thy word in my heart. Since this psalm was not composed only for the personal and unique use of the author, we can therefore un…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your word have I hid in my heart Not only heard and read it, but received it into his affections; mixed it with fait…
To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk …
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