horror: Zilaphah: properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs Simoom: (see Psalms 11:6). It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.
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Psalms 119:53
Psalms 119:53
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