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Psalms 119:80

Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

How many are the days of thy servant?.... If this is to be understood of the days of his life, they were very few, as the days of every man be; and if of his days of joy and comfort, peace and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Let my heart be sound ... - Hebrew, “Be perfect.” See the notes at Job 1:1. The Septuagint here is “immaculate,” ἄμωμος amōmos. So the Latin Vulgate. It is the expression of a desire that the heart…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Here is, 1. David's prayer for sincerity, that his heart might be brought to God's statutes, and that it might be sound in them, not rotten and deceitful, that he might not rest in the form of…