For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Hands. Hebrew “feet,” (Mont. Bible.) or “strokes,” phehamec. Bert.—“The elevation of thy feet (thy foot-stool, or temple, Calmet.) is destroyed unto the end;” (Saint Jerome) or “for victory,” as Sym. renders netsach. The Chaldees have boasted of their victory over thee, and violated thy most holy places. Bible.—This is what fills me with grief. Bert.—But thou wilt punish them. The captives saw the overthrow of their empire. Calmet.—God’s former wonders give reason to hope, that he will not fail to assist his Church, which he delivered from the hand of Pharao, and by Christ’s death, from the devil’s power. Worthington.