80. If the heart be sound in obedience to God, all is well, or will be well. If we be not sound before God, our name for piety is an empty sound. Only sincerity and truth will endure in the evil day. Whoever is right at heart has no reason for shame, and never will have any; hypocrites ought to be ashamed now, and they will one day be put to shame without end; their hearts are rotten, and their names will rot. This verse is a variation of the prayer of verse 73; there he sought sound understanding, here he goes deeper and begs for a sound heart. Those who have learned their own frailty by sad experience are led to dive beneath the surface and cry to the Lord for truth in the inward parts.
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