“ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ”
Horror hath taken hold upon me - Has seized me; has overpowered and overwhelmed me. I shudder; I tremble; I am afraid; I am filled with distress. Luther, “I am burnt up.” The Hebrew word - זלעפה...
(d) Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. (d) That is, a vehement zeal to your glory and indignation against the wicked.
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
Horror . Indignation. wicked . lawless. Hebrew. rasha'.
53. Terror seized me (418) This verse may be understood in two senses; either that the prophet was grievously afflicted when he saw God’s law violated by the wicked, or that he was horror-s...
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Horror hath taken hold upon me - The word זלעפה zilaphah, which we render horror, is thought to signify the pestilential bur...
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. So Ezra, after the return from Babylon, w...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Horror. — Rather, violent indignation, a storm of rage, hot and fierce as the simoon. For the word, see Psalms 11:6 , Note.
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
Comforted by God's Judgments Psalms 119:49-64 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. Thou hast caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes have been...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the same language, and remind God our Father of all his c...
Horror hath taken hold upon me ,.... Trembling, sorrow, and distress, to a great degree, like a storm, or a blustering, scorching, burning wind, as the word h signifies, which is very terrible; be...
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Ver. 53. Horror hath taken hold upon me ] Horripilatio, turbo, vortex, a horrible tempest, Psalms 11:6 , such as surpr...
Horror hath taken hold upon me A mixed passion, made up of abhorrence of their sins, and dread and sorrow at the consideration of the judgments of God coming upon them; because of the wicked , &am...
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Here is, 1. The character of wicked people; he means those that are openly and grossly wicked: They for...
Horror; a mixed passion made up of indignation at their persons as sinful, and abhorrency of their sins, and dread and sorrow at the consideration of the judgments of God coming upon them. Because...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake Thy law. The most horrible Of all the horrible things in the universe wickedness is the most horrible. I. It is most revolti...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.
2 Corinthians 12:21 ; Daniel 4:19 ; Ezra 10:6 ; Ezra 9:14 ; Ezra 9:3 ; Habakkuk 3:16 ; Jeremiah 13:17 ; Luke 19:41 ; Luke 19:42 ; Philippians 3:18 ; Psalms 11:6 ; Psalms 119:136 ; Psalms...
Horror — A mixed passion, made up of abhorrence of their sins, and dread and sorrow at the consideration of the judgments of God coming upon them.