Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Therefore - rather, And yet they are such as say, etc. - i:e., say, not in so many words, but virtually, by their conduct (so the Gergesenes expressly, Matthew 8:34). How differently the godly! (Isaiah 2:3.)
Ways - the course of action which God points out; as in Psalms 50:23, margin.