justifieth the wicked, &c. Illustrations: the counsellors (Ezra 4:1-16); Tertullus (Acts 24:1-9); Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:5-24). Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Mazdik rasha' umarshia' zadik, which may be Englished, "he who wrongs the right and rights the wrong".
the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
the just. a just one.
abomination, &c. See note on Proverbs 3:32.