Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way - (cf. Psalms 119:29.) I get understanding not only in the mysteries of faith, but in the discreet guidance of the affairs of life. On the contrary, one of the greatest of pagan philosophers, Cicero, writes to Octavius, 'Alas me! I never have been wise, and have been formerly esteemed that which I was not.' "I hate every false way," both in myself, lest I should mislead others, and in others, lest they should mislead me (Rivetus).