righteous ; the parts follow : the dispositions and pursuits, ver. 11, 12 ; the con versation, ver. 13, 14 ; the actions, ver. 15, 16, 17 ; the general demeanour, (gestus et nutus), ver. 18. — bixaiog, righte- ous) a suitable word in a discourse on righteousness. — ovbz s7g, not even one) who can except any one here ? ver. 23, not so much as one under heaven. The exception, even of one, or at least of a few, might procure [conciliate] favour to all ; as it is, wrath is on that account the greater.
11. ovx etrnv 6 <fuviuv, there is none that under standeth) They are without understanding in relation to what is good. — ovx ecnv 6 h^Tjruv, there is none that seeketh after) They are without the will to do good. To seek after , implies that God is "iDiiDD hidden , Is. xlv. 15.
12. ’E^sx’kimv, they have turned aside) they have gone out of the way. Declension supposes, that all had formerly been in the right path. — up a, together) at the same time. — v. They have become unprofitable) They have not the power of returning to do good. And on the contrary, in all these parti- culars they cling to what is evil, either secretly, or even openly. They have become unfit for any useful purpose {dypsToi). The conjugate word ypr\<srorng presently after follows.
13. T dtpog — tog — dvruv) SO the LXX., Ps. V. 10, Cxi. 4. — uveu'y/josvog) a sepulchre lately opened , and therefore very fetid. — 6 Xdpvy%, their throat) Observe the course of the conversation, as it flows from the heart, by the avenue of their throat , their tongues , and their lips — the whole is comprised in the mouth ; a great part of sin consists in words. — vrrb rd ysi^ri) under their lips ; for on their lips is the sweetness of honey.
14. uv ro tiro/A a dpdg xeci nixpiag ys/uzi) Ps. X. 7, LXX., ov dpdg ro (SrofiiCt dvrov yz/oosi xcl) rnxpiocg xoci boXou. — ro tfro/x-a, the mouth) In this and the following verse violence is described, as, in ver. 13, deceit. — dpdg, cursing) directed against God. — rnxplag, bitterness) against their neighbour.
15—18. ’Oi^zTg — ovx zyvwtfuv) Is. lix. 7, 8, LXX., oi be rtbbeg avru v — rayjvoi exyeai aifjj a — 6vvrpi[i>[i>cc ovx oibaffi. So of the feet, Prov. i. 16.
16. Ivvrpifjj/jjct xoti raXat'n^pia), "Q^*) wasting and destruction.
17. Ovx tyvansa v, they have not known) they neither know, nor wish to know.