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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 29 October 2012
Psalms 119:113
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
119:113. In this paragraph the psalmist deals with thoughts and things and persons which are the opposite of God’s holy thoughts and ways. He is evidently in great fear of the powers of darkness, and of their allies, and his whole soul is stirred up to stand against them with a determined opposition. Just as he began the octave in verse 97 with “Oh, how I love thy law,” so here he begins with a declaration of hatred against that which breaks the law. He did not glory in his thoughts; and that which was called “thought” in his day was a thing which he detested. Some of our thoughts are especially vain in the sense of vainglory, pride, conceit, and self-trust; others in the sense of bringing disappointment, such as fond ambition, sinful dreaming, and confidence in man; others in the sense of emptiness and frivolity; and too many of our thoughts are vain in the sense of being sinful, evil, and foolish. The psalmist looks upon them with a hate as true as was the love with which he clung to the pure thoughts of God.
The last octave was practical, this is thoughtful; there the man of God attended to his feet, and here to his heart: the emotions of the soul are as important as the acts of the life, for they are the fountain and spring from which the actions proceed. When we love the law it becomes a law of love, and we cling to it with out whole heart.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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