Psalm 17:10
10 They are inclosed [cagar] in their own fat: [cheleb]
with their mouth [peh] they speak [dabar] proudly. [ge'uwth] KJV-Interlinear
10 They
have closed their unfeeling heart; With their mouth they speak proudly. NASB
The attitude of the
wicked is one of insensitivity to the rights, feelings, circumstances, needs,
and sufferings of others.
The wicked refers to
anyone who conducts their lives in opposition to God, to truth, to Christ, and
especially to the spiritual life and doctrine.
The wicked can include
the rich as well as the poor, and has no limitation as to who might qualify as being
wicked.
Fat is a reference to
prosperity. A person can be so wrapped
up or consumed with their own prosperity that they basically close off all
feelings towards anyone else.
However, remember that
the worlds prosperity is temporary at best and is always described as vanity or
empty or nothingness.
So, whether a person is
prosperous by worldly standards, or poor by world standards, makes no
difference, for both look to their own circumstances and both look to
nothingness. Prosperity can be real or
imagined and therefore becomes irrelevant, because it is the attitude which is
determined by the content of the soul, that makes the person and their outlook
on life.
A soul empty of truth,
means no orientation toward life, no empathy toward others, no feelings that
are genuine or pure or honest, as selfishness supersedes humility or even the
slightest of concern for others.
The wicked speaks
proudly. They boast great things. Their mouth can speak only from the content
of their soul, and no more. Lies produce lies.
Lies can never produce truth.
Even with great charity giving or benefactor support, there is nothing
more than the deceit of a public act covering up the hidden state of corrupt
and empty soul.
Again, a soul void of
truth has nothing in it but untruth or lies.
A soul full of lies or ruled by lies, is corrupt and therefore not
capable of anything genuine as far as good is concerned. Its only capability is deceit from self-centered
acts and thoughts.
The only way out of this
situation, repeat, the only way out of this situation, is through the study and
learning by instruction, of Bible doctrine.
Apart from doctrine taken into the soul by means of a genuine spiritual growth
process, there is no way to avoid a ruined and failed life.
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