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The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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God's Active Opposition
Commentators explain that God's "face against them that do evil" signifies more than mere disapproval. It represents His active, personal, and eternal opposition to a lifestyle of unrepentant wickedness. As one scholar clarifies, this isn't aimed at believers who stumble, but at those whose entire course of life is evil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The face of the Lord - This phrase is synonymous with the one in the previous verse: “The eyes of the Lord.” The meaning is that the righteo…
19th Century
Anglican
To cut off. —Notice the fear, so intense and recurring to the Semitic mind, of the extinction of one's lineage. ([Reference Job 18…
Baptist
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil Not against everyone that sins; for the righteous are not withou…
Let young people set out in life by learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be …
13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is a psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way.<…
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