Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Earth. To seek me out, (Houbig.) or they shall perish. The Babylonians were exposed to many miseries under Cyrus, as the prophets assert, (Isaiah 13:1. Jeremiah 25:12) though profane history be silent. Calmet.—David foretells the destruction of his persecutors, either temporal or spiritual. Worthington.—The devils may be styled foxes. Bert. S. Hil.—This may also be verified in the Jews, who persecuted Christ, and fell a prey to the Roman arms, and so forth Euseb. Calmet.—Saul perished in battle, and his body was exposed on a gibbet to wild beasts. 1 Kennicott. 31. Worthington.