And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
What does Psalms 139:24 mean?
God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him.
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Commentary on Psalms 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, "way of pain," or "grief." The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5 , but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9 ; Isaiah 14:3 . The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. De Wette, "way of idols." Prof. Alexander, "way of pain." The Septuagint and Vulgate, "way of iniquity." So Luther. The Syriac, "way of falsehood." Rosenmuller, "way of an idol.
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- any way of grief
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any way of grief.
- the way of an idol
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the way of an idol.
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any way of grief.
- the way of an idol
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the way of an idol.
Context in Psalms 139
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Psalms 139 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book V. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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