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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 garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. (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• ¹³⁶Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
¹⁵⁸I beheld the transgressors, 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 garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
¹⁴Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? (Ezra 9:3,14)

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Ezra 10:6• ⁶Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. (Ezra 10:6)

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Jer. 13:17• ¹⁷But 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 the Lord's flock is carried away captive. (Jer. 13:17)

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Dan. 4:19• ¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. (Dan. 4:19)

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Hab. 3:16• ¹⁶When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. (Hab. 3:16)

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Luke 19:41‑42• ⁴¹And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
⁴²Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto 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 also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
²That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
³For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: (Rom. 9:1‑3)

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2 Cor. 12:21• ²¹And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. (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.