Psalm 119:104

Verse 104. -- I hate. Hatred is a stabbing, murdering affection, it purposes sin with a hot heart to death, as an avenger of blood, that is to say, of the blood of the soul which sin would spill, and of the blood of Christ which sin hath shed. Hate sin perfectly and perpetually and then you will not spare it but kill it presently. Till sin be hated it cannot be mortified; you will not cry against it, as the Jews did against Christ, Crucify it! Crucify it! but shew indulgence to it as David did to Absalom and say, Deal gently with the young man, -- with this or that lust, for my sake. Mercy to sin is cruelty to the soul. -- Edward Reyner, 1600-1670.

Verse 104. -- False way. It is not said, "evil way," but "false way": or, as it is in the original, every path of lying and falsehood. Falsehood is either in point of opinion or practice. If you take it in the first sense, for falsehood in opinion, or error in judgment, or false doctrine, or false worship, this sentence holds good. Those that get understanding by the word are established against error, and not only established against error, or against the embracing or possession of it, but they hate it. --Thomas Manton.

Verse 104. -- False way. All sin is a lie. By it we attempt to cheat God. By it we actually cheat our souls: Proverbs 14:12 . There is no delusion like the folly of believing that a course of sin will conduce to our happiness. --William S. Plumer.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 104. -- The influence of the precepts.

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Verse 104. -- The understanding derived from God's precepts begets holy hatred.