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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 97:10

Our Soul preserver. It has always been a source of questioning and doubting to anxious minded men, such as the Psalmist Asaph, that God does not always preserve the bodies, or the circumstances, of his servants. But this ought to be no surprise to those who apprehend that God promises to preserve the soul; and he may, sometimes, be actually preserving the soul by not preserving the body. But perhaps this involves the higher Christian idea of the soul. In the older Scripture, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 97:10

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil - Show your love for the Lord “by” hating all that is evil; that is, all that he hates, or that is evil in his sight. There can be no true love for God where evil is not hated in all its forms, since it is the object of the divine abhorrence. We cannot be like God unless we love what he loves, and hate what he hates. There is nothing more clearly affirmed in the Scriptures than that in order to the love of God there must be the hatred of all that is wrong, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 97:10

Psalms 97:10. Ye that love the Lord O all you that love and worship the true God, and rejoice in the establishment of his kingdom; hate evil Show your love to him by hating all sin in temper, word, and work. Thus the psalmist, “having sung the glory of the Redeemer, now delineates the duty of the redeemed. They are characterized by their love of God; they are enjoined to hate evil; the hatred of which indeed is a consequence and a sure proof of that love, when it is genuine and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 97:1-12

Psalms 97-100 God the universal kingPsalms 97:0 follows on from the thought on which the previous psalm closed (namely, that God is king over the earth). It shows that holiness, righteousness and justice are the basis of God’s kingdom. His judgment will be as universal as a flash of lightning and as powerful as an all-consuming fire (97:1-5). Every thing will bow before his rule (6-7). His own people already recognize him as Lord and bring him fitting worship (8-9). They can experience the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 97:10

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 . souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . saints = gracious (i.e. graced) ones. wicked = lawless (plural) Hebrew. rasha, '. App-44 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 97:10

10-12. Let gratitude for the blessings of providence and grace incite saints ( :-) to holy living. Spiritual blessings are in store, represented by light (Psalms 27:1) and gladness. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 97:1-12

Psalms 97The writer of this psalm also saw the Lord coming to rule and reign on the earth. He exhorted his readers to prepare for that event by living appropriately in the present. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 97:10

Since God loves righteousness, it is only fitting that those who love Him should hate evil. By doing so, they become the objects of His blessing rather than partakers of His discipline. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 97:1-12

This is another ’theocratic’ Ps., declaring how God has taken vengeance on His enemies in a way to which all nature responded (Psalms 97:2-6), denouncing idols and their worshippers (Psalms 97:7), expressing the joy of the cities of Israel at His judgments (Psalms 97:8-9), calling His people to hate evil (Psalms 97:10) and to share the gladness which ought to be their portion (Psalms 97:11-12). The Ps. is a ’mosaic’ of phrases from other Scriptures, and, like the preceding Pss., is probably to... read more

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