This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse. 1. The
sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to God, not for want of
some nice points of ceremony, but because their way, the whole course
and tenour of their conversation, is wicked, and consequently an
abomination to him. Sacrifices for sin were not accepted of those that
resolved to go on in sin, and were to the highest degree abominable if
intended to obtain a connivance at sin and a permission to go on in it.
2. Therefore the prayer of the upright is his delight, because he is a
friend of God, and he loves him who, though he have not yet attained,
is following after righteousness, aiming at it and pressing towards it,
as St. Paul, Phil. iii. 13.