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Psalms 119:53

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 holy anger causes him to flare up in zeal for the honor of the Lord and to rebuke the unbelievers with merciless sharpness. At the same time the psalmist is determined to make the Word of God his one rule of life.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:53. _HORROR HATH TAKEN HOLD UPON ME_] The word זלעפה _zilaphah_, which we render _horror_, is thought to signify the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs _simoom_. Here it st...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 _zal‛...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...

  • 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 beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HORROR. Indignation. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...

  • 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 THY LAW. So Ezra, after the return from Babylon, when he...

  • 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 same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • 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....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    זַלְעָפָ֣ה אֲ֭חָזַתְנִי מֵ רְשָׁעִ֑ים עֹ֝זְבֵ֗י תֹּורָתֶֽךָ׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 119:1 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 in the un...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS Psalms 119:49 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 my songs...

  • 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, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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....

  • 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 same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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-struck at t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 the word h signifies, which is very terrible; BECAUS...

  • 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,_ a horrible tempest, Psalms 11:6, such as surpriset...

  • 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 God coming upon them; _because of the wicked_, &c....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 of the judgments of God coming upon them. BECAUSE OF...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:53 Indignation H2152 hold H270 (H8804) wicked H7563 forsake H5800 (H8802) law H8451 horror -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...

  • 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 head of each distich; and the couplets are most...

  • 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 wickedness is the most horrible. I. It is most revolting to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa

  • The 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; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 proper...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 12:21; Daniel 4:19; Ezra 10:6; Ezra 9:14; Ezra 9:3;...

  • 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....

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