The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,.... Not against everyone that sins; for the righteous are not without sin; they have sin in them, and they do no good without it; but against them…
Barnes' Notes
The face of the Lord - This phrase is synonymous with that in the previous verse: “The eyes of the Lord.” The meaning is, that the righteous and the wicked are alike under the eye of God; the one for…
David, in this latter part of the psalm, undertakes to teach children. Though a man of war, and anointed to be king, he did not think it below him; though now he had his head so full of cares and his…
Cambridge Bible
The face of the Lordmeans the manifestation of His Presence, either as here in wrath (cp. Psa 9:3), or as in Num 6:25, in blessing. See Oehler's O.T. Theology, § 57. Comp. "The Lord looked forthupon…
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