Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Ver. 25. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence] Or, thy gold, for the same word signifieth both, Job 36:19, because gold is the worldly man's defence, Proverbs 18:11, though but a sorry one, Zep 1:18 Pro 11:4 Ezekiel 7:19. It is as if he should say, Either thou shalt have gold gods plenty; or else, thou shalt have that which is better than gold, viz. God the maker and master of all the world, saith Junius, who rendereth the text thus, And the Almighty shall be thy choicest gold, and silver, and strength to thee. He shall be all that heart can wish or need require. A friend of Cyrus, in Xenophon, being asked where his treasure was? answered, οπου Kυρος φιλος, Where Cyrus is my friend. Let us answer, οπου Kυριος φιλος, Where God is my friend. When David had said, "The Lord is my portion," he subjoined in the next verse, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage," Psalms 16:5,6. When God had said to Abraham, I am thy shield, he easily slighted the king of Sodom's rich offers.
And thou shalt have plenty of silver] Heb. Silver of strengths or of heights; that is, as the Vulgate interpreteth it, argentum coacervabitur tibi, thou shalt have high heaps of silver, store of money. Godliness hath the promise of both lives; and if godly men are not always rich men, it is that godliness may be admired for itself. And they must know, that what they lack in temporals shall be made up in spirituals, according to that which followeth.