te 12. more x: but *the righteous 5s an everlaſting foundati- - 24, 0N Y- . = 81618, #® Whichis ſuddenly gone, though with great noiſe and violence. x His Power and Felicity is loſt in an inſtant- y Or, hath an ever- lafting, &c. His hope and hapoineſs is built upon a ſure and unmo- vable Foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth z, and a ſmoak to the eyes, ſos the ſluggard « to them that ſend him.
z Which by its cold and ſharpneſs it offends, s Unſerviceable and vexatious.
Chg.n1:, 27 * The fear of the LORD Þ prolongeth days 5 ; Heb, a. but * the years of the wicked ſhall be ſhortned.
h. b Partly becauſe it gives thema title to the Promiſe of long life, Jobe15-32 as well asgro other Promiſes; partlyjbecauſe it gladdeth the heart,
- 22: 16, which dotb good like a Medicine, Fro. 17. 22+ and preſerves a man FE. 55:23, from thoſe wicked prattices which tends to the ſhortning of the
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| 28 The hope of the righteous ſhall be gladneſsc : but
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enjoyment. 4 Shall be utterly fruſtrated, aud ſo end in forrow. 29 The way ofthe LORD e is ſtrength f to the up-
right; but deſtruction g ſbal/ be to the workers of ini-
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h They ſhall live long and happily here, when this is moſt expe- dient for them, and eternally in heaven. i They ſhall not have ſo much as a long and quiet abode vpon Earth, unleſs where this isa Curſe and Milchief to them, and much leſs ſhall they have any poſ- ſeſſion in Heaven«
31 * The mouth of the juſt bringeth forth & wiſdom I: but the froward tongue ſhall be cut out m.
k Freely and abundantly, and conſtantly, as the Earth or a Tree bring forth their proper Fruit, as the word properly ſignifies. ! Wiſe Counſels, by which he direð and ſecureth himſelf and others. m2 Becauſe it bringeth forth not Wiſdom, bur folly 'and wickedneſs.
32 The lips of the righteous know » what is accep- table o: but the mouth of the wicked ſpeakerh + tro- wafdneſs. | _ ® To wit, praGtically, ſo as to conſider and ſpeak. Knowledge 1s here aſcribed to the lips, as it is to the Hands, Plal. 78. 72. becauſe they are conducted by Knowledge and wiſdom. o To God and good men, or whatis truely worthy of acceptation; for this is oppas {ed to what is froward or wicked in the next clauſe. | CH AP, XL "_ | A * + Falſe balance azs abominationb tothe LORD c: Lev. 1g!
A but a juſt weight 3s his delight. 2.35. |
#s The uſe of all falſe weights and meaſures in comerce« bi e, I3, 11 - Highly abominable,as the abſtrat ſignifieswhich is oppoſed to the Ch. xy falle opinion of men who account it a fineneſs of wit,or, at worſt &29.;, wn but a trivial fault. c Partly becauſe this wickedneſs is acted under +Heh, $,j. a Colour of Juſtice ; and partly becauſe it is deſtructive to humane 1s, of ” ſociety, and eſpecially to the poor, whoſe Patron the Lord own- ge;-;r eth himſelf to be. tHeb. per
2 * When pride cometh then cometh ſhame 4: but fe# jw. wich the lowly is wiſdom e. *Ch 15:33
d Pride, as it is the effect of Folly, ſo it bringeth a man to con- % 16: 18, tempt an de truction, ſuch perſons being commw only hated both by & 18; 12, God and by all men. e Whereby they are kept from thoſe foolith and wicked actions which expoſe men to ſhame.
3 * The integrity ofthe upright f ſhall guide them g: *Ch.:;:6. but the perverſeneſs of tranſgreſſors thall deſtroy them h
f Their ſincere obedience to Gods Laws. g Shall keep them from crooked and dangerous courſes, and Jead them in a right and ſafe way. h Thoſe wicked devices by which they deſign and expect to ſecure themielves, ſhall be the inſtrument of their deſtruction.
4 * Riches profit nor in the day of Wrath ;: but righteouſneſs & d-iivereth from death /.
z In the time of God's Judgments, when he is executing Wrath and Vengeance upon ſinners, k Or, mercy, as this word is oft ren-
, d:ed, or Charity ro the poor, which is fit!y oppoſed to Riches aid
! It moverh God to deliver them oft times from teme
poral Calamities, 'an«! always from eternal death, where ſuch acti- ons are cone from a Right Principle.
5 The righteoutneſs of the perfe& ſhall | dire@ his my m ; but che wicked ſhall fall by his own wicked- NCIS,
72 Shall bring all his deſigns and endeavours to an happy iſſue by comparing t:.is clauſe with the next. *
6 The righteouſneſs of the uprightſhall deliver them z : but * tranſgreilors {hall be taken in heir own naugh- cinels.
z From many ſnares and dangers.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his expecation ſhall periſh 0; and the hope of unjuſt er p perilheth.
0 al) his hope and felicity, which he placed wholly in earthly things, is loſt and gone with him. p So it is a Repetition of the ſame thing in other words: Or, as divers render it, the hope of their ſrengths, i. e which they place in their carnal ſtrengths, their Riches, Children, Friends, &s, Sothis is added by way of aggra« vation.
8 * The righteous isdeliveredout of trouble, and the *Ch.iit, wicked cometh in his ſtead q.
9g Is by God's providence brought into the ſame miſeries which either he deſigned againſt the Righteous, or had formerly inflicted upon the Righteous, and now lately removed from them.
9 An bypoctite with his mouth rx deſtroyeth his neighbour : but through knowledge s ſhall the juſt be delivered *e.