Psalm 10:13 Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it. How astonishing that any should be guilty of this. Excellence and station and authority shield men from contempt. But yet the wicked contemn God. Notwithstanding He is unspeakably glorious and great, the blessed and only Potentate possessing vast dominions, sustaining His creatures and glorified in all His works. And all things depend upon Him. Some, allured by His grace, with cheerfulness adore Him; others, constrained by His power, reluctantly Submit; but others are wicked enough to contemn Him. Their conduct and temper — I. TOWARD HIM SHOW THIS. They have no delight in Him, they put the world far before Him, they deliberately disobey Him. II. TOWARDS THINGS RELATING TO HIM. His ordinances they count weariness, His word they disregard, His people they scorn, His ministers they despise, His day they neglect. III. WHY DO THEY THUS ACT? Not from superior wisdom, but from depravity of the will, and encouraged by inconsistent Christians and by the strifes amongst such. But what an awful sin it is. Amazing madness! (John Erskine, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.WEB: Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?" |
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