Time to act, O Lord

Glossary of difficult words

Time to act, O Lord - Psalm 119:126 - "It is time to act, O Lord, for they have regarded Your law as void";

tongue-in-cheek - with ironic or flippant intent;

impending - be about to happen;

attribute - a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something;

compassion - sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of others;

ungodly - irreligious or immoral;

to thrust something on/upon - to force someone to accept or deal with something.