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I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.
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Hate a Divided Mind
Commentators explain the original Hebrew for 'vain thoughts' refers to a 'divided mind.' The psalmist hates spiritual indecisiveness, skepticism, and 'halting between two opinions' (a reference to 1 Kings 18:21). This verse is a call to reject a wavering, doubtful faith and instead cultivate a firm, settled conviction rooted in the unchanging truth of God's law.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I hate vain thoughts - This begins a new portion of the psalm, distinguished by the Hebrew letter Samech (ס s…
19th Century
Anglican
SAMECH.
I hate vain thoughts. —Rather, I hate men who halt between two opinions, following [Reference 1 K…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
I have hated crooked thoughts. Those who are of the opinion that the word סעפום seaphim, the first in the verse and rendered …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(o) , SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part .
Psalms 119:113
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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