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Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
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An Inner, Not Outer, Peace
Commentators agree that the "great peace" promised here is not an absence of external troubles but a profound internal serenity. It's a calmness of mind and conscience that comes from trusting God's good and just law, even amidst life's difficulties. As John Calvin notes, it's a "tranquil state of conscience" that comes from knowing God is reconciled to us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Great peace have they—See the notes on (Isaiah 26:3); compare with the notes on (Philippians 4:6–7). They h…
19th Century
Anglican
Nothing shall offend them. —See margin. Perhaps the verse should take the form of a wish: great peace to the lovers o…
Baptist
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments,<…
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16th Century
Protestant
Great peace have they who love your law. If we take the word peace for a prosperous or happy condition of life — a sense in which…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Great peace have they which love your law The Targum adds,
``in this world.'' Great prosperity, especially pr…
Those whose hearts stand in awe of God's word, will rather endure the wrath of man, than break the law of God. By the word of God we gain immeasura…
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