"I hate double-minded people". This stanza contains David's and, up to a point, God's attitude to evil people. Some people who hate God are double minded, saying one thing and doing another. In contrast, David loves God's law. Dedication to God's word produces a clarity and consistency of thought.
We make God our refuge, the one whom we run to and seek help from in times of trouble. We put our hope in His word, for His word is full of promises of deliverance.
David tells the evildoers to go away, he wants nothing to do with them. In times of trouble we can be tempted to do wrong things, to make wrong decisions. We need to banish all such thoughts, then we can keep the commands of God.
We need to be sustained by the promises of God, we need to feed off them. Then we will live and not be defeated. His word will uphold and strengthen us.
Those who reject God's ways are deluded. They have grand ideas and philosophies, but they all come to nothing. They will be discarded as dross unless they repent.
They act proudly, disdainfully rejecting God's word. In contrast we tremble before the Lord and stand in awe at His word.
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