Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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Study Note
The psalmist's declaration 'Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee' articulates the internalization strategy for Torah that Deuteronomy 6:6 commands ('these words shall be upon your heart') and Jeremiah 31:33 promises ('I will put my law in their inward parts'). The Hebrew tsafonti ('I have stored up, hidden as treasure') connotes deliberate preservation rather than casual memory, suggesting an active discipline of memorization that was central to ancient Jewish piety. The purpose clause 'that I might not sin against thee' connects internalized Scripture to the preemptive resistance of temptation — a moral-psychological claim about the formative power of stored divine speech. Jesus' use of memorized Scripture in the wilderness temptations (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10) exemplifies the practical application of this principle that Psalm 119:11 articulates.
Outras Traduções
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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