Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. The text says that God is not in their thoughts. 1. This is because of practical atheism. God is put out of the way by various theories. One makes the world ten thousand years old, and another ten million. The Bible is sneered at as an old, antiquated book. 2. Ignorance of God's character is another reason why God is not in men's thoughts. We, as sinful and blinded creatures, cannot justly comprehend a holy God. Even Christ's disciples but poorly comprehended God's character as revealed in Christ. Much more in the case of the sinner is it true that God is not in his thoughts on account of the blindness of sin. Justice and holiness are obscured. 3. A misconception of their own moral condition follows. They lose sight of God because they are not awake to their own ill-desert. 4. Another reason why God is not in the wicked man's thought is because of absorption in the things of the world. The demands of business should be met, but those of God are not to be forgotten. Men know that there is a future life, though some may argue against it. The Sabbath is given as one preparative. (J. H. Hamilton, M. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.WEB: The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God. |
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