Psalms 10:13

13 In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.

Psalms 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?
&c.] God may be said to be contemned or despised, when his being, perfections, and providence are denied, or called in question, or abused, ( Psalms 10:9 Psalms 10:11 ) ; when his word is derided, the great things of his law are counted as a strange thing ( Hosea 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, ( Luke 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (vwrdt al) "te non inquisiturum", Piscator, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 10:13 In-Context

11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.

13 In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.

14 Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none.