Do good unto those that be good As thou hast promised to keep thy people from evil, (Psalms 125:3,) be pleased, also, to vouchsafe unto them those blessings which will be good for them. Deal well with those that are truly good, and reward the fidelity of them that are upright in their hearts Who, notwithstanding the calamities with which they are chastised and tried, still persist in thy ways and preserve their integrity.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways But, as for those unstable persons who, either through fear of the rod, mentioned Psalms 125:3, or for other considerations, shall turn aside from those good ways, which, for a time, they professed to walk in, unto sinful courses, and who, instead of growing better by the Lord's chastisements, decline more and more from the paths of righteousness; the Lord shall lead them forth Namely, unto punishment, as malefactors are led to the place of execution; with the workers of iniquity With the most obstinate and profligate sinners, with whom he will appoint them their portion; for, as they partook of their sins, they shall also partake of their plagues. But peace shall be upon Israel Upon the true Israel of God. When those that have treacherously deserted the ways of God meet with their own destruction, they that faithfully adhere to them, though they may have trouble in their way, they shall have peace in their end.