Psalms 10:13

“Arise, O Lord, etc.] (see <190307>Psalm 3:7 7:6 9:19 10:12); disappoint him, or “prevent his face” f257; be beforehand with him, and so disappoint him, when he is about to seize his prey; who is comparable to the lion, or to the young lion; meaning the chief of his enemies, it may be Saul; cast him down; everyone of them that set themselves to cast down others to the earth. Jarchi’s note is, “cut off his feet,” that he may bow down and fall; deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword; so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, render the words; that is, from wicked men, whom God makes use of as instruments to afflict and chastise his people: so the Assyrian monarch is called…”

“It is in vain to suppose God will overlook sin, however forbearing; for He carefully examines or beholds all wickedness, and will mark it by His providential (Thine hand) punishment.”

“Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? - That is, despise him; or treat him with contempt and disregard. On what ground is this done? How is it to be accounted for? What is the proper explanation of so strange a fact? It is to be observed here: (a) that the psalmist assumes this to be a fact, that the wicked do thus contemn or despise God. Of this he had no doubt; of this there can be no doubt now. They act as if this were so; they often speak of Him as if this were so. They pay no respect to his commands, to his presence, or to his character; they violate all His laws as if they were not worth regarding; they spurn all His counsels and entreaties; they go forward to meet Him as if His wrath…”

“Contemn - Why dost thou by giving them impunity, suffer and occasion them to despise thee? Psalms 10:14”

“contemn: Psa 74:10, Psa 74:18; Num 11:20; Sa2 12:9, Sa2 12:10; Luk 10:16; Th1 4:8 Thou: Gen 9:5, Gen 42:22; Ch2 24:22; Luk 11:50, Luk 11:51 Psalms 10:14”