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I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
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Praying with Your Whole Heart
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist's cry is not a mere formality but a sincere, fervent prayer from his 'whole heart.' Albert Barnes contrasts this with prayers where our hearts are divided—where we might ask for holiness but secretly desire worldliness. True prayer involves aligning our deepest desires with God's will, without reservation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I cried with my whole heart ... - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Koph (ק…
19th Century
Baptist
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
Here we have both a prayer and a resolve; but the resolutio…
16th Century
Protestant
I have cried with my whole heart. This verse can be read and connected in such a way that at its end the Psalmist may show what he desired…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(q) , KOPH.--The Nineteenth Part .
Psalms 119:145
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Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation and who love His commandments. Where should the child go …
