Though a sinner do evil a hundred times Frequently, and innumerably; and his days be prolonged The time of his life and prosperity; yet it shall be well with them that fear God This implies both that good men might for a time suffer grievous things from tyrants, oppressors, and persecutors, and that it should be very ill with the wicked, which, indeed, is expressed in the following verse: which fear before him Who stand in awe of God, and fear and forbear to sin, out of a sincere regard and reverence for him. But it shall not be well with the wicked That is, it shall go very ill with him; great miseries are prepared for him; neither shall he prolong his days Namely, very long, as he desires; which are as a shadow His life, though it may seem long, yet in truth is but a shadow, which will quickly vanish and disappear. Because he feareth not God He is cut off, and this misery is prepared for him as the punishment of his casting off the fear and service of God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12-13
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.