Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
The verse is the prayer of the one who trusts in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is, set in direct contrast to the cursed one who trusts in man and departs from the Lord. It belongs to a prayer offered amid opposition and persecution. Though mocked by those asking where is the word of the Lord, the speaker had not hastened from being a pastor to follow God, had not desired the woeful day, and what came from his lips was right before God.
He appeals for the Lord not to be or become a terror to him, because the Lord is his hope in the day of evil and when evil comes. He asks to himself be spared shame, confusion and dismay, while his persecutors are confounded, dismayed and face judgment. The judgment he asks upon his persecutors is destruction with double destruction.
The prayer is a figure fulfilled and being fulfilled in present history, calling church leaders first to humble their souls, confess their sins, and become truly converted.
The verse is the prayer of the one who trusts in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is, set in direct contrast to the cursed one who trusts in man and departs from the Lord. It belongs to a prayer offered amid opposition and persecution. Though mocked by those asking where is the word of the Lord, the speaker had not hastened from being a pastor to follow God, had not desired the woeful day, and what came from his lips was right before God.
He appeals for the Lord not to be or become a terror to him, because the Lord is his hope in the day of evil and when evil comes. He asks to himself be spared shame, confusion and dismay, while his persecutors are confounded, dismayed and face judgment. The judgment he asks upon his persecutors is destruction with double destruction.
The prayer is a figure fulfilled and being fulfilled in present history, calling church leaders first to humble their souls, confess their sins, and become truly converted.