The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Ver. 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul.] Have he more or less, he hath that which satisfies him. Nature is content with a little, grace with less; Cibus et potus sunt divitiae Christianorum. food and drink are the divinity of Christians, If Jacob may but have "bread to eat, and clothes to put on," it sufficeth him; and this he dare be bold to promise himself. Beg his bread he hopes he shall not; but if he should, he can say with Luther (who made many a meal with a broiled herring), Mendicato pane hic vivamus; annon hoc pulchre sarcitur in eo quod pascimur pane cum angelis, et vita aeterna, Christo, et sacramentis? a Let us be content to fare hard here: have we not the bread that came down from heaven?
But the belly of the wicked shall want.] Because "their belly prepares deceit," Job 15:35 not their heads only; they take as much delight in their witty wickedness, as the epicure in his bellytimber. Therefore, "in the fulness of their sufficiency they are in straits"; Job 20:22 they are sick of the bulimy, or doggish appetite. Mic 6:14
a Luth. in Ps. cxxxii.