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Psalm 119:11 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.Psalm 119:11 · King James Version
What Psalm 119:11 means
Hid means stored somewhere safe, the way you'd put away something valuable. The purpose clause is the whole verse: that I might not sin against thee. Scripture in your memory does work that Scripture on a shelf can't, because the moment you need it you're usually nowhere near a book.
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Psalm 119:11 in context
9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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Cross references
- Psalms 37:31
- Colossians 3:16
- Psalms 40:8
- Jeremiah 15:16
- Psalms 1:2
- Job 22:22
- Proverbs 2:10-11
- Psalms 119:97
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Here is, 1. The close application which David made of the word of God to himself: He hid it in his heart, laid it up there, that it might be ready to him whenever he had occasion to use it; he laid it up as that which he valued highly, and had a warm regard for, and which he was afraid of losing and being robbed of.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary