The rhythm seems to require a different division of the verse from that given by the Massoretic accentuation, thus;

They scoff, and talk of evil:

Of oppression do they talk from on high.

Not the commandments of God (Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19) but their own nefarious designs are the subject of their conversation: they talk "as if they were gods and their words oracles." Cp. Isaiah 14:13. P.B.V. "their talking is against the most High" (Great Bible from Münster) is untenable.

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