I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
This psalm pursues two chief ends: to exhort God's children toward a holy life, and to establish the Law as the rule and form of true worship. The psalmist weaves in promises to animate believers to live justly, and complaints against the wicked who despise the Law, lest the faithful be corrupted by their example. Though he moves from one matter to another, the composition is not a heap of scattered thoughts, but holds together by a living connection.
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Commenting on Psalm 119:1-176
David hated vain thoughts, not in others, whom he could not discern, but in his own heart. Every good man makes conscience of his thoughts; they are words to God. The more we love God's Law the more we master vain thoughts and the more watchful we become against them, lest they drag us from what we love.
AI summary
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,.... As all are, and none but such, who are in the hands of Christ; enclosed in the arms of everlasting love, upheld with the right hand of Jehovah, supported by his promises and grace, surrounded by his power, sustained by his love, and preserved in Christ Jesus; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually...