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126It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
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How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 126)Here is, 1. A complaint of the daring impiety of the wicked. David, having in himself a holy indignation at it, humbly represents it to God: “Lord, there are those that have made void thy law , have set thee and thy government at defiance, and have done what in them lay to cancel and vacate the obligation of thy commands.” Those that sin through infirmity transgress the law, but presumptuous sinne…
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