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2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. …
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. …
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The instructions here given are very plain; much need not be said for the exposition of them, but there is a great deal to be done for the reducing of them to practice, and there they will look best. I. We are here cautioned against discontent at the prosperity and success of evil-doers ( Ps. 37:1 , 2 ): Fret not thyself, neither be thou envious . We may suppose that David speaks this to himself f…
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