John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. Bind them upon thy fingers , etc.] Let the above words and doctrines be as ready and familiar as if they were at the fingers’ ends; or let them be always fresh in memory, as a piece of thread is tied about the fingers, to put in mind of anything to be done; or let them be as rings upon the fingers, both memorial and ornamental: or put into practice the things taught and commanded; the fingers being the instruments of action, and especially of doing things nicely and accurately; write them upon the table of thine heart ; that they may be strong in the memory, deep in the affection, and abiding in the understanding and will; (see Proverbs 3:3).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and yo shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and to precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the wor of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at han to be read. Thus we shall be kept from the fatal effects of our ow passions, and the snares of Satan. Let God's word confirm our dread of sin, and resolutions against it.
Original Hebrew קשׁרם7194 על5921 אצבעתיך676 כתבם3789 על5921 לוח3871 לבך׃3820
