Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
The verse belongs to a psalm that lifts up God's law as the guide for life, the standard that separates right from wrong and truth from error. To watch the wicked abandon that law seizes the beholder with horror and deep distress. Such forsaking is defiance that insults His holy commandments. He has borne with that wickedness patiently for a long time. Yet lawlessness can reach a point when the Lord steps in in judgment and at last rises up to punish the wicked.
The verse belongs to a psalm that lifts up God's law as the guide for life, the standard that separates right from wrong and truth from error. To watch the wicked abandon that law seizes the beholder with horror and deep distress. Such forsaking is defiance that insults His holy commandments. He has borne with that wickedness patiently for a long time. Yet lawlessness can reach a point when the Lord steps in in judgment and at last rises up to punish the wicked.