Salmi 34:16

16 La faccia del Signore è contro a quelli che fanno male, Per isterminare la lor memoria d’in su la terra.

Salmi 34:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 34:16

The face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil
Not against everyone that sins; for the righteous are not without sin; they have sin in them, and they do no good without it; but against them that live in sin, whose course of life is a series of wickedness, and they are workers of iniquity; and have no sense of sin, nor sorrow for it, go on in it without shame or fear; against these the face of the Lord is, he shows his resentment, and stirs up his wrath. For the Lord to be against a man is dreadful; a fearful thing it is to fill into his hands as a God of vengeance; there is no standing before him when once he is angry: and to have the face of God against a man is intolerable, when it is to destroy, and

to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth;
so that they shall be no more thought of, nor spoken of, but with contempt and reproach; an everlasting mark of infamy being upon their names; see ( Proverbs 10:7 ) .

Salmi 34:16 In-Context

14 Ritratti dal male, e fa’ il bene; Cerca la pace, e procacciala.
15 Gli occhi del Signore son verso i giusti, E le sue orecchie sono attente al grido loro.
16 La faccia del Signore è contro a quelli che fanno male, Per isterminare la lor memoria d’in su la terra.
17 I giusti gridano, e il Signore li esaudisce, E li libera da tutte le lor distrette.
18 Il Signore è presso di quelli che hanno il cuor rotto, E salva quelli che hanno lo spirito contrito.
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