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Psalms 10:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

Psalms 10:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 10:13

Theological / Devotional

Wherefore? Contending for God’s honor as judge, the psalmist entreats the Lord to answer the proud boasting of the wicked (see on Ps. 7:15, 16).

Wilt not require it. The belief that there will be no final reckoning accounts for much of the evil in the world. The conviction that the judgment day will come, in which God will preside as judge, is in itself a deterrent to evil.

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