PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 66:16 The OT insists that each person must individually profess faith in God. Thus each one would have some report of what God has done for his soul (and not just for the people as a whole). To have cherished iniquity in my heart is to long for what is vile and abhorrent to God. In this context it means actually praying for God’s help to commit sin. Therefore the psalm does not imply that absolute sinlessness is a condition for answered prayer.

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