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Psalms 119:53 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. "

Psalms 119:53

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51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

52 I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.

53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.

54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.

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Here we see, first, the character of wicked people, meaning those who are openly and seriously sinful: they abandon God’s law. Every sin breaks the law, but a settled, deliberate pattern of sin is more than that. It is a clear turning away from the law, as if a person has cast it aside.

We also see how the wickedness of the wicked affected David. It filled him with dread and amazement. He trembled when he thought about the dishonor done to God, the pleasure given to Satan, and the harm done to human souls. He feared what this would mean for the sinners themselves, and he cried, “Do not gather my soul with sinners,” meaning he did not want his end to be like theirs.

David also feared for God’s kingdom among people. He worried that such sin would weaken and ruin it. He does not say, “I am horrified because they are making cruel plans against me,” but because they despise God and his law. Sin is a terrible and ugly thing to everyone who has been made holy by God (Jer 5:30; Jer 23:14; Hos 6:10; Jer 2:12).

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From This Chapter

Psalms 119:1

"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."

Psalms 119:2

"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."

Psalms 119:3

"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."

Psalms 119:4

"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."

Psalms 119:5

"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"

Psalms 119:6

"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."

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