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Because they don`t regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
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The Root of Ruin
Commentators like Calvin and Henry identify the core sin of the wicked not as a specific action, but as a foundational attitude: they willfully ignore God's activity in the world. They disregard His works in creation, His hand in providence, and His standards of justice. This deliberate blindness, scholars explain, is the very root of their impiety and the direct cause of their ultimate destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Because they regard not the works of the Lord - What the Lord does in creation; in His providence; through His commands and laws; a…
19th Century
Anglican
The works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands — that is, His strict and even-handed justice, which the wicked forget or, d…
Baptist
Can you say this? Excuse me putting the question again and again to all now present, for it is a very vital question. If you never knew what answer…
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16th Century
Protestant
Because they regard not the doings of Jehovah. In this verse he reveals the root of impiety, declaring that the ungodly are so bold in doi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because they regard not the works of the Lord Neither the work of creation, as if there was no first cause of all th…
David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest until the…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the psalmist showed the trust he had in God; now he adds a psalm of prayer so that he might not fail in that trust…
