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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 119:112
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, etc.] He had prayed to God to incline his heart to them, (<19B936>Psalm 119:36); and by the grace of God his heart was inclined to obedience to them; and nothing but that can incline the heart, which is naturally averse unto them: the carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be, until it is made so by the grace of God, ( <450807>Romans 8:7); and by this the psalmist had prevailed upon his heart to keep the statutes of the Lord, and do them, and that continually; for a good man is desirous of being steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; [even unto] the end; the end of life, as long as he lived. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin version render it, “for a recompence”; and the Arabic version, “for an eternal recompence”; but the Ethiopic version the reverse, “not for a recompence”, or benefit: which latter is the truth, though neither of them a right version; for the statutes are to be kept, not for the sake of a recompence of reward, but from love to God, and; in duty to him, without any mercenary views; though the word does sometimes signify “a reward”, and may be rendered here, “for ever [there is] a reward” f1684; as there is “in”, though not “for”, keeping the commands; (see <191911>Psalm 19:11). s, SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part.
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