Psalms 119:113

SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. I hate vain thoughts - I have hated סעפים seaphim, "tumultuous, violent men." I abominate all mobs and insurrections, and troublers of the public peace.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I hate vain thoughts - This commences a new portion of the psalm, distinguished by the Hebrew letter Samech ( ס s ), answering to our “s.” Th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

SAMECH. I hate (a) [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love. (a) Whoever will embrace God's word correctly must abhor all fantasies and imaginations b...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thoughts . divided or doubting thoughts. Same root as 1 Kings 18:21 (compare James 1:8 ); or, them that are of double mind.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

113. I have hated crooked thoughts. Those who are of opinion that the word סעפום seaphim, the first in the verse, and which is rendered...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I hate wild imaginations— The original word סעפים seiaphiim, signifies the shootings or branchings of the mind, all wild roving fancies, (such wa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. "Vain thoughts" (as the antithesis to "thy law" sho...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Time for the Lord to Work” Psalms 119:113-128 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer do...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

SAMECH. After the observations which have been proposed upon the foregoing portions of this most blessed Psalm, the Reader will not be surprised, ne...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A GOOD HATER! ‘I hate vain thoughts.’ Psalms 119:113 I. First, what are vain thoughts? —(1) There are the vain, worldly thoughts, which we...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

o, SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part . Ver. 113. SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts ,.... Or thoughts: evil thoughts are undoubtedly meant, no other can be th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love. Ver. 113. I hate vain thoughts ] Which, though they may swarm in my head, shall never lodge...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

SAMECH. Psalms 119:113 . I hate vain thoughts Or, wild imaginations , as some render סעפים, a word which signifies the shootings, or branchi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15. SAMECH. 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Here we have, 1. Davi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:113 I. First, what are vain thoughts? (1) There are the vain, worldly thoughts, which we must hate. Thoughts which in themselves are pe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The proper way in which to read these verses is to peruse them in the spirit of prayer, turning every verse into a personal supplication to God. I do...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
The Biblical Illustrator

I hate vain thoughts: but Thy law do I love. The hated and the loved I. The hated. “I hate vain thoughts.” The number of these is legion, the v...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samech. The Need of a Firm Stand for the Truth of God's Word.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:5 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Mark 7:21 ; Psalms 119:103 ; Psalms 119:97 ; Psalms 94:11

¹¹³ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:113

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:113