Psalms 73:11

"And they say, How doth God know?

And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Behold, these are the wicked;

And being always at ease, they increase in riches."

Part of this verse accurately describes the wicked. They are indeed unbelievers, practical atheists, who have no knowledge of God and who desire none. As noted above, we cannot allow all of this to be an accurate description of the wicked, but rather an impression that the wicked made upon the envious heart of a superficial observer. Although indeed "some wicked people" might be cited as deserving such a description as we find in these verses, it simply cannot be true that "all wicked people" are thus. The Lord says, "The way of the transgressor is hard" (Proverbs 13:15). What we have here, perhaps, is what Satan tells God's people about wicked people. Foolish indeed is he who believes it.