“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. The internalization of God's word ('treasure your word in my heart') becomes the mechanism of avoiding sin ('may not sin'). This verse portrays the word as an interior resource protecting against transgression.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:11
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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