Homilist Psalm 119:53 Horror has taken hold on me because of the wicked that forsake your law. Of all the horrible things in the universe wickedness is the most horrible. I. It is most revolting to our sense of the BEAUTIFUL. The aesthetical element exists in a greater or less degree in all moral minds. And the Creator has provided for it by flooding, the universe with beauty. The hideous and the ugly shock it with inexpressible pain, but what is so incongruous, so horrible as to see puny creatures rising in rebellion against the mighty Creator? II. It is most revolting to our sense of the REASONABLE. What is more reasonable than for the greatest Being to be reverenced the most, the kindest Being to be thanked the most, the best Being to be adored the most? Yet wickedness is in antagonism to all this, it is an outrage on all the principles of moral propriety. III. It is most revolting to our sense of the BENEVOLENT. In all moral minds there is implanted by the benevolent Creator a desire for the well-being of self and others. But wickedness strikes right against it, it breathes misery to all. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.WEB: Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. |
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