Psalms 119:53

Horror. Indignation.

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 l...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Horror. — Rather, violent indignation, a storm of rage, hot and fierce as the simoon. For the word, see Psalms 11:6 , Note.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 m...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 sam...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Horror hath taken hold upon me ,.... Trembling, sorrow, and distress, to a great degree, like a storm, or a blustering, scorching, burning wind, as...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 wickedn...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake Thy Law, that is, he is filled with indignation on account of their wickedness, a h...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Philippia...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

⁵³ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:53

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:53