SAMECH. I hate
8130 {8130} Primeשָׂנֵאsane'{saw-nay'}
A primitive root; to hate (personally).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ vain] thoughts:
5588 {5588} Primeסֵעֵףce`eph{say-afe'}
From H5586; divided (in mind), that is, (concretely) a skeptic.
but thy law
8451 {8451} Primeתּוֹרָהtowrah{to-raw'}
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.
do I love.
157 {0157} Primeאָהַב'ahab{aw-hab'}
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562 |
Psalms 119:113
Samech. (Psalm 119:113-120).
_ _ vain thoughts — better, “unstable persons,” literally, “divided men,” those of a divided, doubting mind (James 1:8); “a double-minded man” [Hengstenberg], skeptics, or, skeptical notions as opposed to the certainty of God’s word. |
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, Jeremiah 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 entertainment, but did what he could to keep them out, at least to keep them under. The evil I do I allow not. 2. David's delight in the rule of duty: But thy law do I love, which forbids those vain thoughts, and threatens them. The more we love the law of God the more we shall get the mastery of our vain thoughts, the more hateful they will be to us, as being contrary to the whole law, and the more watchful we shall be against them, lest they draw us from that which we love. |
Psalms 119:113
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 both of himself and others. |
- hate:
Psalms 94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
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 to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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 to the obedience of Christ;
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- vain thoughts:
- Or, "divided thoughts," saiaphim, or, as Gesenius renders, die Zweideutigen (in der Religion) "ambiguities (or indecisions) in Religion;" Luther, Flattergeister, "inconstant fellows;" LXX, παρανομοι, "transgressors," Vulgate iniqui, "iniquitous," and Jerome, tumultuosos, "tumultuous."
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- thy law:
Psalms 119:97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
Psalms 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
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