Psaume 34:16

16 L'Eternel tourne sa face contre les méchants, Pour retrancher de la terre leur souvenir.

Psaume 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 ) .

Psaume 34:16 In-Context

14 Eloigne-toi du mal, et fais le bien; Recherche et poursuis la paix.
15 Les yeux de l'Eternel sont sur les justes, Et ses oreilles sont attentives à leurs cris.
16 L'Eternel tourne sa face contre les méchants, Pour retrancher de la terre leur souvenir.
17 Quand les justes crient, l'Eternel entend, Et il les délivre de toutes leurs détresses;
18 L'Eternel est près de ceux qui ont le coeur brisé, Et il sauve ceux qui ont l'esprit dans l'abattement.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.