In a moment; whensoever God doth but give the word, and send his summons for them. Shall they, i. e. the rich and the prince, no less than the poor, must submit to the law of death, which God hath imposed upon all men, without exception, and they cannot charge God with injury therein. The people; whole nations or people are no less subject to God's power than any particular persons; their numbers cannot secure them from God's hand. Troubled, i.e. disturbed and terrified with those calamities which God shall bring upon them. At midnight; suddenly, and when they are most secure. Pass away; either,
1. Go into captivity, or run or flee away they know not whither for their lives. Or,
2. Perish or die, as he said before, and as this word is oft used, as Job 14:20 Psalms 37:36 Ecclesiastes 1:4. So the same thing is said of the people, which in the first branch of the verse was said of the princes. Taken away; either from their place or power, or out of this life. Without hand; without any hand or help of man, by some secret and stupendous work and judgment of God; which he oft inflicts upon those who are out of the reach of men.