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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Psalms 139:21
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
139:21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? He hated only those who hated good. Of this hatred he is not ashamed, but sets it forth as a virtue. To love everyone with benevolence is a duty, but to love any wicked person with complacency would be a crime. To hate someone for his own sake, or for any evil done to us, would be wrong; but to hate someone because he is the foe of all goodness and the enemy of all righteousness is an obligation. The more we love God the more indignant shall we grow with those who refuse him their affection.
And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? He appeals to heaven that he took no pleasure in those who rebelled against the Lord, but was made to mourn by a sight of their ill behavior.
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