Psalm 119:128

Religion binds us not only to hate one way of falsehood, but all the ways of it. As there is nothing good, but in some measure a godly man loves it; so is there nothing evil, but in some measure he hates it. And this is the perfection of the children of God; a perfection not of degrees; for we neither love good, nor hate evil as we should; but a perfection of parts; because we love every good, and we hate every evil in some measure. --William Cowper.

Verse 128. -- And I hate. The Being who loves the good with infinite intensity must hate evil with the same intensity. So far from any incompatibility between this love and this hatred, they are the counterparts of each other, -- opposite poles of the same moral emotion. --John W. Haley, in "A Examination of the alleged Discrepancies of the Bible," 1875.

Verse 128. -- I hate every false way. If Satan get a grip of thee by any one sin, is it not enough to carry thee to damnation? As the butcher carries the beast to the slaughter, sometime bound by all the four feet, and sometime by one only; so it is with Satan. Though thou be not a slave to all sin; if thou be a slave to one, the grip he hath of thee, by that one sinful affection, is sufficient to captive thee. --William Cowper.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 128. (first clause). -- This view should be taken of all divine precepts in their bearing,

Verse 128. -- The Bible right.

Verse 128. Learn four lessons, --