The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
The world thinks wickedness brings prosperity, and most pursue it by fraud and plunder because they believe integrity brings misery. The prophet shows us otherwise: God's fatherly care yields far more advantage than any injury we could inflict to seize what we want.
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Commenting on Psalm 112:1-10
The tenth and last verse sets forth very forcibly the contrast between the righteous and the ungodly, thus making the blessedness of the godly appear all the more remarkable. Usually we see Ebal and Gerizim, the blessing and the curse, set the one over against the other, to invest both with the greater solemnity. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved.
The righteous man's reputation is settled and firm; his foundation cannot be moved. Though enemies labor to sully his name, his integrity shall clear itself and endure in everlasting remembrance, while wicked men's lifted horns shall all be cut off.
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Commenting on Psalm 112:6-10