“The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”
The psalmist declares that the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth. The imagery of God's face being ''against'' the wicked suggests active opposition and judgment. The statement that God will ''cut off their remembrance'' suggests the ultimate obliteration: not merely death but erasure from memory. The verb ''cut off'' suggests decisive action and removal of all trace. The verse establishes that those who practice evil face God's judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 34:16
A psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, “He affected”? He was full of affection. For what is so full of affection as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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