“O that Thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore men of bloodshed.”
“Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.” Psalm 6:8
“Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.” Psalm 119:115
“Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.” Psalm 5:6
“Do not take my soul away along with sinners, no my life with men of bloodshed.” Psalm 26:9
“But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide the fairness for the afflicted of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.” Isaiah 11:4
When you read through Psalm 139, this verse seems to interrupt the flow of the thought. Yet, if you consider how constant wickedness is around us, how subtle it is, how attractive, perhaps this verse is also encouraging us to “slay” the wicked within ourselves rather than focusing on what is around us. It is our hearts that so deceive. It is what comes out of someone that betrays that heart.
“’For out of the heart com evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. These are the things which defile the man;’” Matthew 15:19-20a
Stay near God's Word. Take care. Your servant & friend in Christ, Darlene
“Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.” Psalm 6:8
“Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.” Psalm 119:115
“Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.” Psalm 5:6
“Do not take my soul away along with sinners, no my life with men of bloodshed.” Psalm 26:9
“But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide the fairness for the afflicted of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.” Isaiah 11:4
When you read through Psalm 139, this verse seems to interrupt the flow of the thought. Yet, if you consider how constant wickedness is around us, how subtle it is, how attractive, perhaps this verse is also encouraging us to “slay” the wicked within ourselves rather than focusing on what is around us. It is our hearts that so deceive. It is what comes out of someone that betrays that heart.
“’For out of the heart com evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. These are the things which defile the man;’” Matthew 15:19-20a
Stay near God's Word. Take care. Your servant & friend in Christ, Darlene
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