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Salmos 119:53
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Profunda indignación se ha apoderado de mí por causa de los impíos que abandonan tu ley.
Horror se apoder� de m�, a causa de los imp�os que dejan tu ley.
Horror se apoder� de m�, a causa de los imp�os que dejan tu ley.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
horror: Zilaphah properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs Simoom (see Psalms 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. Psalms 119:136, Psalms 119:158, Ezra 9:3, Ezra 9:14, Ezra 10:6, Jeremiah 13:17, Daniel 4:19, Habakkuk 3:16, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42, Romans 9:1-3, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Philippians 3:18
Reciprocal: Psalms 89:30 - forsake Psalms 119:120 - My flesh Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels Jeremiah 9:13 - General Ezekiel 9:4 - that sigh 2 Corinthians 11:3 - I fear
Gill's Notes on the 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;
because of the wicked that forsake thy law: not only transgress the law of the Lord, as every man does, more or less; but wilfully and obstinately despise it, and cast it behind their backs, and live in a continued course of disobedience to it; or who apostatize from the doctrine of the word of God; wilfully deny the truth, after they have had a speculative knowledge of it, whose punishment is very grievous,
Hebrews 10:26; and now partly on account of the daring impiety of wicked men, who stretch out their hands against God, and strengthen themselves against the Almighty, and run upon him, even on the thick bosses of his bucklers; because of the shocking nature of their sins, the sad examples thereby set to others, the detriment they are of to themselves, and dishonour they bring to God; and partly because of the dreadful punishment that shall be inflicted on them here, and especially hereafter, when a horrible tempest of wrath will come upon them. Hence such trembling seized the psalmist; and often so it is, that good men tremble more for the wicked than they do for themselves; see Psalms 119:120.
h זלעפה "procella", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt "horror tanquam procella", Cocceius.
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. Luther, “I am burnt up.” The Hebrew word - זלעפה zal‛âphâh - is from a verb meaning “to be hot; to glow”; and the idea in the word is that of violent heat; then, a glow or burning, as of a wind - the “simoom” of the desert. See Psalms 11:6, where the word is translated “horrible tempest,” in the margin, “burning.” The word occurs only in that passage, in the one before us, and in Lamentations 5:10, where it is rendered “terrible (famine),” in the margin, “terrors,” or “storms.” The state referred to here is that of one who sees the storm of burning wind and sand approaching; who expects every moment to be overcome and buried; whose soul trembles with consternation.
Because of the wicked ... - Their conduct alarms me. Their danger appals me. Their condition overwhelms me. I see them rebelling against God. I see them exposed to his wrath. I see the grave just before them, and the awful scenes of judgment near. I see them about to be cast off, and to sink to endless woe, and my soul is transfixed with horror. The contemplation overwhelms me with uncontrollable anguish. Can such things be? Can people be thus in danger? And can they be calm and composed, when so near such awful horrors? No man can look on the world of despair without horror; no one can truly realize that his fellow-men are exposed to the horrors of that abode without having his soul filled with anguish. Strange that all people do not feel thus - that impenitent people can walk along on the verge of the grave and of hell “without” horror - that pious people, good people, praying people, can look upon their friends in that condition without having their souls filled with unutterable anguish. Compare Psalms 119:136; Romans 9:1-4; Luke 19:41.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 strongly marks the idea that the psalmist had of the destructive nature of sin; it is pestilential; it is corrupting, mortal.
