Psalm 119:53
WEB
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
BSB
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
KJV
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H2152
n-f — glow, famine
Derivation: or זִלְעָפָה; from 2196;
a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
KJV: horrible, horror, terrible.
n.f — raging heat
זַלְעָפָה n.f. raging heat
1. of fever heat of famine
2. of burning wind
3. fig. of zeal
H270
v — seize
Derivation: a primitive root;
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV: be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
vb — grasp
אָחַז 68 vb. grasp, take hold of, take possession
Qal grasp, take hold of
Niph. be caught
Pi. enclose, overlay
Hoph. fastened
H7563
a — wrong, bad
Derivation: from 7561;
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
adj — wicked
רָשָׁע 263 adj. wicked, criminal
H5800
v — loosen, relinquish, permit
Derivation: a primitive root;
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.
vb — leave
עָזַב 213 vb. leave, forsake, loose
Qal
1. leave, c. acc.
2. leave, abandon, forsake
3. let loose, set free, let go
Niph.
1. be left to
2. be forsaken, of house of God
Pu. (or Qal pass.) be deserted, of city
H8451
n-f — precept, statute, Decalogue, Pentateuch
Derivation: or תֹּרָה; from 3384;
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV: law.
n.f — direction
תּוֹרָה n.f. direction, instruction, law
1. instruction
2. law (prop. direction)
3. custom, manner
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Verse 53
Psalms 119:53
Here is, 1. The character of wicked people; he means those that are openly and grossly wicked: They forsake thy law. Every sin is a transgression of the law, but a course and way of wilful and avowed sin is downright forsaking it and throwing it off. 2. The impression which the wickedness of the wicked made upon David; it frightened him, it put him into an amazement. He trembled to think of the dishonour thereby done to God, the gratification thereby given to Satan, and the mischiefs thereby done to the souls of men. He dreaded the consequences of it both to the sinners themselves (and cried out, O gather not my soul with sinners! let my enemy be as the wicked) and to the interests of God's kingdom among men, which he was afraid would be thereby sunk and ruined. He does not say, "Horror has taken hold on me because of their cruel designs against me," but "because of the contempt they put on God and his law." Sin is a monstrous horrible thing in the eyes of all that are sanctified, Jer 5:30; Jer 23:14; Hos 6:10; Jer 2:12.
Cross-references: Jer 5:30 · Jer 23:14 · Hos 6:10 · Jer 2:12