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<p>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 <i>have made void thy law</i>, 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 sinners do in effect make void the law, saying, <i>Who is the Lord? What is the Almighty, that we should fear him</i>? It is possible a godly man may sin against the commandment, but a wicked man would sin away the commandment, would repeal Gods laws and enact his own lusts. This is the sinfulness of sin and the malignity of the carnal mind. 2. A desire that God would appear, for the vindication of his own honour: “<i>It is time for thee, Lord, to work</i>, to do something for the effectual confutation of atheists and infidels, and the silencing of those that set their mouth against the heavens.” Gods time to work is when vice has become most daring and the measure of iniquity is full. <i>Now will I arise, saith the Lord</i>. Some read it, and the original will bear it, <i>It is time to work for thee, O Lord</i>! it is time for every one in his place to appear on the Lords side—against the threatening growth of profaneness and immorality. We must do what we can for the support of the sinking interests of religion, and, after all, we must beg of God to take the work into his own hands.</p>