Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
KJV
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?.... God may be said to be contemned or despised, when his being, perfections, and providence are denied, or called in question, or abused,
Psa 10:9
; when his word is derided, the great things of his law are counted as a strange thing
Hos 8:12
, and the truths of his Gospel are reckoned foolishness; and instead of these, the decrees, doctrines, and traditions of men, are set up, as by antichrist; and when his ministers, and especially his Son, are treated with disdain,
Luk 10:16
;
he hath said in his heart, thou wilt not require it, or "seek it" (i); or inquire after it, his iniquity; the sense is, that God will make no inquiry after sin, and bring it into judgment, unto account, and under examination; or will not make inquisition, that is, for blood, for the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, shed by antichrist; or will not require it at his hands, or recompense vengeance for it: all which is false and vain; the contrary to it will be found true.
(i) "te non inquisiturum", Piscator, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.
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