And they say - His people say. The connection demands this interpretation. The meaning is that his people, as they return again and again to…

The mutual relation of these verses has been the subject of many conflicting opinions. The following is the arrangement that seems preferable—
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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in …

And they say, How doth God know? Some commentators maintain that the Prophet here returns to the ungodly and relates the scoffs and blasph…

And they say, how does God know ?
&c.] Owning there is a God, but questioning his knowledge; for the words are not a…

The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tested the graces of many saints. But he lay…