Hating What God Hates (Ps 119:113-120)

The psalmist writes, “You who love the Lord, hate evil …” (Ps 97:10). To love God, we must hate what He hates and love what He loves (Ps 119:113).

The word “hate” means “to detest” or “to abhor.” If the psalmist sees God hating something, he is going to position himself right next to God and share that hatred.

He hates what God hates. One example of what God hates is the double-minded. The “double-minded” is someone who seems to be devoted to the Lord but allow their loyalties to be divided. They look to have one foot in heaven and one foot in the world. They are serving 2 masters (Matt 6:24).

For us, the thought of being double-minded should drive us closer to God’s Law. The threat of being unstable should draw us to the refuge of God (Ps 119:114) and for strength to resist evil (Ps 119:115).

Stay clear of hypocrites. Why? Paul tells in I Corinthians 5 their leaven will leaven the whole lump. Hypocrisy tolerated in the local church will make hypocrites of all.

And the psalmist doesn’t want to be named among them as we see in vs. 116 when he says, “Do not let me be ashamed of my hope.” He doesn’t want to ever reach a point where he is “ashamed” to be acknowledged by God and others as one devoted to the truth of God’s Scripture. And he wants to remain there. The psalmist sees the weight of God opposing evil and he opposes it with the same disdain.