Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Ver. 36. Incline my heart] Through the exercises of thy word, and the working of thy Spirit.
And not to covetousness] Which draweth away the heart from all God's testimonies, and is the root of all evil, 1 Timothy 6:10. Some think it is put here for all other vices. The Chaldee hath it, and not to mammon, that mammon of iniquity, as Christ calleth it, the next odious name to the devil. Now, to good God inclineth man's heart efficiently (say the schools), but to evil, deficiently, sc. by withdrawing his grace; for he is a free agent, and not bound to any. David prayeth God to supersede him from this wickedness, and Luther saith he was never tempted to it.