16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. …
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-16)This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, Prov. 23:9), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they promise themselves in those designs. The plot is laid deeply: They lay wait against the dwelling of the righte…
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