Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
He was a good hater, for he hated only those who hated good. To love all men with benevolence is our duty; but to love any wicked man with complacency would be a crime. The more we love God the more indignant shall we grow with those who refuse Him their affection.
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David refuses the hiding places where men cloak themselves in lies. He fixes on a truth that strips all pretense bare: nothing escapes God's sight, not because He watches from afar, but because He shaped us bone by bone in darkness and cannot be ignorant of what He has made.
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Commenting on Psalm 139:1-24
Merely stopping sin leaves the house empty and swept. You cannot stand against corruption by doing nothing; you must actively plant the opposite grace where the vice grew. God will not ask what evil you avoided, but what good you became. Did you bless His name, receive Christ, love His saints, fill yourself with His Spirit? The true Christian does not rest in cessation but labors in exercise of contrary graces. Kill impatience but birth trust in God. Quench grudge but kindle love.
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Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20