Psalms 119:53 (KJV)

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Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law
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horror.{Zilâphah} properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs {Simoom,} (see Ps 11:6.) It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin. Ps 119:136 Ps 119:158 Ezr 9:3 Ezr 9:14 Ezr 10:6 Jer 13:17 Da 4:19 Hab 3:16 Lu 19:41 Lu 19:42 Ro 9:1-3 2Co 12:21 Php 3:18

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