They that forsake the law, that live in the contempt of and disobedience to God’s law,
praise the wicked; honour their persons, contrary to Psa_15:4; freely and familiarly associate themselves with them, and approve of their sinful courses; all which proceeds from their great likeness to them.
Contend with them; are so far from praising or applauding them, that they severely rebuke them, and to the utmost of their power oppose them in their wicked enterprises.