Psalms 119:113

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hate	שָׂנֵ֑אתִי sa.Ne.ti	H8130	to hate (personally) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
thoughts	סֵעֲפִ֥ים se.'a.Fim	H5588	divided (in mind) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
law	וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ ve.to.ra.te.Kha	H8451	a precept or statute · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
love	אָהָֽבְתִּי 'a.Ha.ve.ti	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and…
Psalms 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought…
Psalms 94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:113

Here we have, 1. David's dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it: I hate vain thoughts. He does not mean that he hated them in others, for there he could not discern them, but he hated them in his own heart. Every good man makes conscience of his thoughts, for they are words to God. Vain thoughts, how light soever most make of them, are sinful and hurtful, and therefore we should account them hateful and dreadful, for they do not only divert the mind from that which is good, but open the door to all evil, Jer 4:14. Though David could not say that he was free from vain thoughts, yet he could say that he hated them; he did not countenance them, nor give them any entertainme…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:113

SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part. SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts,.... Or thoughts: evil thoughts are undoubtedly meant, no other can be the object of hatred to a good man; they are such as are contrary to the law of God, and forbidden by it, mentioned in the next clause as the object of love, in opposition to these; and which are abominable to God, and defiling to men; should be forsaken, need pardon; and, if not pardoned, will be brought into judgment, and there exposed, and men punished for them. There are multitudes of these rise up in the minds of men, not only bad men, but good men; even sometimes atheistical blasphemous thoughts, as well as proud, haughty, revengeful, lustful, impure, and wo…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:113-120

Psalm 119:113-120 s 113. I have hated crooked thoughts, and loved thy law. s 114. Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I have trusted in thy word. s 115. Depart from me, ye wicked! and I will keep the commandments of my God. s 116. Sustain me by thy word, and I shall live: and make me not ashamed of my expectation. s 117. Establish me, and I shall be safe: and I will consider thy statutes continually. s 118. Thou hast trodden under foot all those who wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. s 119. Thou hast made all the wicked of the earth to cease as dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies. s 120. My flesh trembled for fear of thee, and I was afraid of thy judgment…

The Church Fathers

"I have hated the unrighteous; and Your law have I loved" [Psalm 119:113]. He says not, I hate the wicked, and love the righteous; or, I hate iniquity, and love Your law; but, after saying, "I have hated the unrighteous," he explains why, by adding, "and Your law have I loved;" to show, that he did not hate human nature in unrighteous men, but their unrighteousness whereby they are foes to the law, which he loves.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Law Of God, The · Saints: Love — Saints: Love
Scriptures, The · Saints: Love exceedingly — Saints: Love exceedingly
Sin · .To be hated — .To be hated
Vanity · Saints: Hate the thoughts of — Saints: Hate the thoughts of

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Psalms 119:113

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:113

John Gill on Psalms 119:113

John Calvin on Psalms 119:113-120

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:113

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:113

John Gill on Psalms 119:113

John Calvin on Psalms 119:113-120

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:113-120

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:113-120