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They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
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An Imminent Threat
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon use vivid imagery, describing the psalmist's enemies as 'dogs at my heels' whose footsteps can be heard drawing closer. The danger is not abstract or distant; it is an active, malicious, and imminent threat from those who are intentionally pursuing the psalmist to do harm.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They draw nigh - They follow me; they press hard upon me.
That follow after mischief - That seek to do me wrong.
The…
19th Century
Anglican
Near. —Notice the antithesis. They, the wicked, are near with their temptation to sin and their hindrances to vi…
Baptist
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Dogs are at my heels. I have heard them long ago pursuing me, …
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16th Century
Protestant
The pursuers of malice have drawn near. Since the Hebrew word רודפי rodphee, translated the pursuers of, is in the const…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They draw nigh that follow after mischief Or "evil" {c}; that which is sinful in itself, and injurious to others. So…
Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation and who love His commandments. Where should the child go …
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