The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Ver. 7. The memory of the just is blessed.] "Demetrius had a good report of the truth." 3Jn 1:12 In the Hebrew tongue the same word signifieth "a good name," and "a blessing." This is one of those blessings mentioned in Proverbs 10:6, that shall be heaped upon holy men. "Holy and reverend is his name." Psa 111:9 How comes God's name to be "reverend," but by being "holy?" Be good, and do good, so shall thy name be heir to thy life; yea, when thou art laid in thy grave, thy stock remains, goes forward, and shall do till the day of doom.
But the name of the wicked shall rot.] And stink as putrefied flesh. Hypocrites then must be detected, though they carry it never so clearly; how else shall they be detested, and stink above ground Simon Magus so handled the matter, that Philip mistook him for a believer, and baptized him; but Peter soon smelt him out, and laid him open in his colours. "He that perverteth his ways shall be known"; Pro 10:9 "The Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity," for all their cunning contrivances. Psa 125:5