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Psa. 119:53 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Ezra 9:3• ³And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed. (Ezra 9:3)

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horror.{Zilâphah} properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs {Simoom,} (see Ps 11:6.)

It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.

Psa. 119:136,158• ¹³⁶Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
¹⁵⁸I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word. (Psa. 119:136,158)

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Ezra 9:3,14• ³And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed.
¹⁴should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor any to escape? (Ezra 9:3,14)

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Ezra 10:6• ⁶And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away. (Ezra 10:6)

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Jer. 13:17• ¹⁷And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity. (Jer. 13:17)

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Dan. 4:19• ¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and its interpretation to thine enemies! (Dan. 4:19)

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Hab. 3:16• ¹⁶I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invader shall come up against the people. (Hab. 3:16)

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Luke 19:41‑42• ⁴¹And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,
⁴²saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes; (Luke 19:41‑42)

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Rom. 9:1‑3• ¹I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
²that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
³for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh; (Rom. 9:1‑3)

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2 Cor. 12:21• ²¹lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised. (2 Cor. 12:21)

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Phil. 3:18• ¹⁸(for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: (Phil. 3:18)

• But this thought of God's judgments does make it awful to contemplate the result for the wicked, who are hurrying willfully against them. But it is not only the end of the wicked that is spoken of here. The wickedness itself is to the soul poignant distress. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

• It sees around what is grief of heart, for its delight is in the fresh air of God's holy will. The rank and fetid breath of sin is distress and pain to it, and seen not only intrinsically as sin, but in the pride of wickedness. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.