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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.
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A Prayer for 'Spiritual Taste'
Commentators explain that the Hebrew for "good judgment" literally means "good taste." The psalmist is praying for a refined spiritual palate—the ability to discern moral truth from error, and wisdom from foolishness, just as the tongue distinguishes different flavors. This is a request for a deep, intuitive, moral perception guided by God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Teach me good judgment - The word here rendered "judgment" means, properly, "taste," that power by which we determine the quality o…
19th Century
Anglican
TETH.
Good judgment. —More exactly, good taste. Here, however, in a moral, not aesthetic sense. Pe…
Baptist
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Teach me good judgment and knowledgeOr, "a good taste": of the Lord himself, how good and gracious he is; of his gra…
However God has dealt with us, He has dealt with us better than we deserve, and all in love and for our good.
Many have knowledge, but littl…