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Psalms 119:163

Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies,.... Both the preceptive and doctrinal part of the word, he preserved and observed both; this is repeated for the certainty of it, and to show his great…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I hate and abhor lying - The mention of lying here particularly seems to have been suggested by the necessity, from the structure of the psalm, of finding some word at the beginning of the verse which…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Love and hatred are the leading affections of the soul; if those be fixed aright, the rest move accordingly. Here we have them fixed aright in David. 1. He had a rooted antipathy to sin; he could not…