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21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Psalms 34:21

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  • And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

  • Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

  • For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-22)

David, in this latter part of the psalm, undertakes to teach children. Though a man of war, and anointed to be king, he did not think it below him; though now he had his head so full of cares and his hands of business, yet he could find heart and time to give good counsel to young people, from his own experience. It does not appear that he had now any children of his own, at least any that were gr…

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