Here we have, 1. David’s dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it: I hate vain thoughts . He does not mean that he hated them in others, for there he could not discern them, but he hated them in his own heart. Every good man makes conscience of his thoughts, for they are words to God. Vain thoughts, how light soever most make of them, are sinful and hurtful, and therefore we sho...