He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Ver. 15. He that walketh righteously,] q.d., Though you cannot, yet there are those that can, viz., "those that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Surely to such there is "no one condemnation." Rom 8:1 Christ standeth as a screen between the wrath of God and his elect, for whose sake also this paschal lamb was once for all roasted in the fire of his Father's indignation, whereby they are not only "delivered from the wrath to come," 1Th 1:10 but also have "boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him." Ephesians 3:12 ; Eph 2:18
He that walketh righteously.] Through whose whole life righteousness runneth as the woof doth through the web, as the blood doth through the veins, &c.
And speaketh uprightly.] Heb., Evennesses. Non blasphema, impudica, fescennina; not the language of hell, but of Canaan. See James 3:2 .
That despiseth the gain of oppressions.] The Mammon of iniquity; wealth gotten by force or fraud. A public person especially, as he should have nothing to lose, so he should have nothing to get; he should be above all price or sale. Nec prece nec precio, Neither by prayer nor request, should be his motto.
That shaketh his hands from holding of bribes.] He doth not only not do wrong, but not receive a gift, whereby he may be engaged or inclined to do it.
That stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood.] He not only does not shed it, but refuseth to hear any communing about such a business.
That shutteth his eyes from seeing of evil.] Lest his heart should thereby be betrayed, for vitiis nobis in animum per oculos est via, could a heathen a say. By the eyes evil getteth into the heart; by looking cometh lusting; and millions die of the wound in the eye.
a Quintil., Declam.