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You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments.
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Pride's Inevitable Error
Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin explain that pride and error are inseparable. A proud heart cannot walk humbly with God, which is the essence of His law. Therefore, pride is not just a character flaw but the very root of wandering from God's commandments and living a life that is fundamentally wrong.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou hast rebuked the proud - (). The meaning is that God had done this not by word but by deed. The proud were everywhere rebuked …
19th Century
Anglican
Septuagint and Vulgate divide the verse: Thou hast rebuked the proud; cursed are they, etc. This is preferable.
Baptist
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sur…
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16th Century
Protestant
You have destroyed the proud. Others render it as, You have rebuked the proud; a translation that the Hebrew term גער, gaar
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have rebuked the proud Which some understand of the fallen angels, who, in proud wrath, left their habitations, …
If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We should spend our lives in His service; we will find true life in keeping His word. Those …
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