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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:60

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Ver. 60. I made haste, and delayed not] Heb. I distracted not myself about had-I-wist, but minded the one thing necessary. Nolite tempus in nugis terere: vel cras, ut ille seria, hodie morituri protelare, saith one; Haste, haste, haste; delays are dangerous, opportunities are headlong, and once past, irrecoverable.

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