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Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be put to shame. KAF
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The Call for a Sound Heart
Commentators explain that the prayer for a "sound" or "perfect" heart is a plea for deep sincerity and integrity. It's the opposite of a "double or deceitful heart" (Calvin). This means having a pure love for God without improper attachments (Barnes) and observing His commands from a genuine, cordial affection, not just in outward appearance (Gill).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let my heart be sound ... - Hebrew, “Be perfect.” See the notes at (Job 1:1). The Septuagint here is “immaculate,” …
19th Century
Baptist
Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I may not be ashamed.
When your heart is right with God, there will be no need to be a…
16th Century
Protestant
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Having, a little before, desired to be endowed with a sound understanding, he now prays, in a simil…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let my heart be found in your statutes Or "perfect", and sincere: he desires that he might have a sincere regard to …
God made us to serve him and enjoy him; but by sin, we have made ourselves unfit to serve him and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to…
