[73:10–12] The רשׁעים, who are arrogant and
talk “down from heaven,” are successful (v. 10). The “people” become their
followers and avidly take in their snobbish, world-conquering words. In v. 11 a
significant statement of the רשׁעים is cited. The meaning
of this statement is clear: God does not take cognizance of the bustle on
earth—he does not react (Isa. 29:15; Ezek. 8:12; Pss. 10:11; 94:9). How
impudent this statement is is apparent especially when God is called עליון (cf. Psalms 1–59, pp.
82–86). It is the picture of unbounded hubris that is delineated of the רשׁעים in vv. 6–11. Above all, it becomes evident that the psalmist
not only is rather jealous of the well-being of the רשׁעים,
but that the uncensured, proud denial of the activity of the judging God
represents an unbearable challenge for him. In v. 12 the description of the
riotous ways of the רשׁעים is brought to a close. Now the psalmist
turns to his own fate. (Hans-Joachim Kraus, A Continental
Commentary: Psalms 60-150 [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993], 88)
