I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Ver. 26. I also will laugh.] Quod Deus loquitur cum risu, tu legas cum fletu. a If God laugh, thou hast good cause to cry. Note here the venomous nature of sin, which is so offensive to God, that it makes him (against his ordinary wont) merry at his creatures' misery, who otherwise delights in mercy. Mic 7:18
When your fear cometh.] That "terrible tempest." Job 15:21-22 Psa 11:6 Tullus Hostilius (a profane prince) set up and worshipped at Rome two new gods, viz., Pavor and Pallor, as Lactantius b testifieth. Cataline was wont to be afraid at any sudden noise, as being haunted with the furies of his own evil conscience. c So was our Richard the Third after the murder of his two innocent nephews, d and Charles the Ninth of France after the Parisian massacre e These tyrants became more terrible to themselves than ever they had been to others.
a Augustine.
b Lactan. Instit.
c Salust.
d Daniel.
e Thuan.