John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 10:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He hath said in his heart, etc.] To and within himself, he thought in his own mind; for the thought is the word or speech of the mind, logov endiauetov; I shall not be moved; from his prosperous and happy condition, abounding: with riches and honours; from his seat of empire, over kings, princes, and the nations of the world; flattering himself that it would never be otherwise with him than it is: even “to generation and generation”, I shall not be moved; so the words may be rendered; for [I shall] never [be] in adversity, or “in evil” f178: meaning either the evil of sin; so asserting his innocence, wiping himself clean of all iniquity, claiming to himself the title of “holiness” itself, and the character of infallibility; giving out that he is impeccable, and cannot err; when he is not only almost, but altogether, in all evil; and is o anomov, the lawless and wicked one, the man of sin, who is nothing but sin itself. The Targum paraphrases the whole thus; “I shall not be moved from generation to generation from doing evil”; and so it is a boast of impiety, and that none can restrain him from it, no one having a superior power over him; (see <191204>

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