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Is this a prophetic view of the future victory of the Lord Jesus Christ when all His enemies will be made His footstool (Ps. 110:1)? The cross of Calvary was the place of Christ's victory over the powers of darkness. This victory has not yet been universally manifested because God is merciful, “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). However, mark the character of those mentioned in this verse: they, “err from Thy statutes.” It is not that they err in their minds through ignorance, but they err in their hearts through obstinacy. They deliberately err from God. They are like those in the parable who say: “We will not have this Man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). They say: “We desire not the knowledge of Thy ways” (Job 21:14). In verse 119 they are justly called “the wicked”! “Their deceit is falsehood,” is another way of saying: “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived” (2 Tim. 3:13).