Psalms 32:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked This is an argument to enforce the preceding admonition; as if he had said, If any will be refractory or unruly, God hath many ways to curb and chastise them, and bring them to be subject to his will. “They,” says Dr. Horne, “who are not to be reformed by gentler methods, must learn righteousness under the rod of affliction, in the school of the cross; and happy are they if their sorrows may so turn to their advantage. But happier are those who, led by the goodness of God to repentance and faith, enjoy the light and protection of mercy.” For, He that trusteth in the Lord, &c. Who relies upon his providence and promise, for his preservation and deliverance, and commits himself to God's care and conduct, waiting upon him in his way, and not turning aside to crooked or sinful paths for safety or comfort; mercy shall compass him about Namely, on every side, and preserve him from departing from God on the one hand, and shall prevent any real evil from assaulting him on the other.