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139:19-22 Please Slay the Wicked! Sadly, not everyone delights in God and in his knowledge and presence: the wicked person, who joins with men of blood (i.e., who ruthlessly shed blood), who speak against God with malicious intent, is someone who actively opposes God and his gracious purpose (see note on 1:1). When God displays his justice in the earth, if these people will not repent, he will indeed slay them; until then, the faithful do not want to be identified with them (depart from me); cf. note on 104:31-35. This loyalty to God goes so far as to own God's attitudes (5:5; 11:7; see notes on 31:6 and 119:113; cf. 26:5; 101:3).