21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
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Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. …
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21)Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken, and shall not avail to protect the sinners: Though hand join in hand , though there are many that concur by their practice to keep wickedness in countenance, and engage to stand by one another in defending it against all the attacks of virtue and justice,—though they are in league for the support and propagation of it,—though wicked…
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