They speak against thee wickedly, by profane scoffs, and a professed denial or contempt of thine omniscience and providence. Or, they speak of thee in or unto wickedness; they make use of religion to cover or further their wicked designs. But our translation is more favoured by the context, which speaks of God's open and professed enemies. And thine enemies take thy name in vain; or, according to the order of the Hebrew words, and take thy name in vain, and are thine enemies, or haters of thee, as it follows Psalms 139:21. These words, thy name, are understood here, as also Isaiah 3:7, out of Exodus 20:7, where they are expressed. They abuse thy blessed name with hellish oaths, and perjuries, and blasphemies.

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