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Yahweh, don`t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
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A Grief-Filled "Hate"
Commentators clarify that the "hate" expressed here is not personal malice. It is a principled opposition and deep grief over those who rebel against God. Albert Barnes likens it to Jesus being "grieved for the hardness of their hearts." It is a hatred of the evil they do and the dishonor they bring to God, not a hatred of them as people whom we should pray for.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? — This is in the consciousness of the psalmist a proof of his own real piety, as derive…
19th Century
Anglican
Do I not... — Better:
“Must I not hate your haters, Jehovah,And feel loathing for your assailants…
Baptist
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O LORD, that hate you? And am I not grieved w…
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16th Century
Protestant
Shall I not hold in hatred those that hate thee? He proceeds to mention how greatly he had profited from the meditation on God into which …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee ? &c.] Wicked men are haters of God; of his word, both law and Gospel; of…
God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are profound, such that they cannot be fully known. We cannot comprehend how many mercies we have rece…
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