John Gill Commentary Psalms 10:13

"Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?" — Psalms 10:13 (ASV)

Wherefore does the wicked contemn God ?
&c.] God may be said to be contemned or despised, when his being, perfections, and providence are denied, or called in question, or abused, (Psalms 10:9Psalms 10:11) ; when his word is derided, the great things of his law are counted as a strange thing (Hosea 8:12) , and the truths of his Gospel are reckoned foolishness; and instead of these, the decrees, doctrines, and traditions of men, are set up, as by antichrist; and when his ministers, and especially his Son, are treated with disdain, (Luke 10:16) ;

he has said in his heart, you will not require [it] ,
or "seek [it]" {i}; or inquire after it, his iniquity; the sense is, that God will make no inquiry after sin, and bring it into judgment, unto account, and under examination; or will not make inquisition, that is, for blood, for the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, shed by antichrist; or will not require it at his hands, or recompense vengeance for it: all which is false and vain; the contrary to it will be found true.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (vwrdt al) "te non inquisiturum", Piscator, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.