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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 119:140	King James	Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
very pure--literally, "refined," shown pure by trial.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

very pure--literally, "refined," shown pure by trial.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Thy word is very pure - Margin, "tried or refined." See the word explained in the notes at Psa 18:30. Therefore thy servant loveth it - Therefore I love it. I love it because it is pure, holy, true; not merely because it will save me. Apart from all reference to myself. I love thy truth as truth; I love purity as purity; I love law as law; I love holiness as holiness. This is true religion.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Thy word is very pure - Margin, "tried or refined." See the word explained in the notes at Psa 18:30.

Therefore thy servant loveth it - Therefore I love it. I love it because it is pure, holy, true; not merely because it will save me. Apart from all reference to myself. I love thy truth as truth; I love purity as purity; I love law as law; I love holiness as holiness. This is true religion.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Pure - Without the least mixture of falsehood.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Pure - Without the least mixture of falsehood.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thy word is very pure - צרופה tseruphah, it is purification. It is not a purified thing, but a thing that purifies. "Now ye are clean," said Christ, "by the word I have spoken unto you." God's word is a fire to purify as well as a hammer to break.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thy word is very pure - צרופה tseruphah, it is purification. It is not a purified thing, but a thing that purifies. "Now ye are clean," said Christ, "by the word I have spoken unto you." God's word is a fire to purify as well as a hammer to break.

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