The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Ver. 13. The poor and the usurer meet together.] That is, The poor and the rich, as Proverbs 22:2; because commonly usurers are rich men, and many rich men usurers. "The Lord lighteneth both their eyes"; that is, he gives them the light of life, Job 1:8 and the comforts of life, Mat 5:45 so that their eyes are lightened, as Jonathan's were after he had tasted of the wild honey. 1Sa 14:25-30 Others read it thus: "The poor and the deceived," or crushed by the usurer, "meet together" - that is, condole or comfort one another; because they are both in the dark, as it were, of poverty and misery; they can do one another but little help, more than by commending their cases to God, who thereupon "enlighteneth them both" - that is, either he supplies their wants, and so their eyes are opened, as Jonathan's were; or else gives them patience, as he did those believing Hebrews. Pro 10:32 But "call to remembrance the former days in which after ye were illuminated" - viz., to see the glory that shall be revealed, whereof all the sufferings of this life are not worthy Rom 8:18 - ye endured a great fight of affliction. If we read it, "The poor and the usurer meet together: the Lord enlighteneth both their eyes," understand it thus: The poor man he enlighteneth by patience, the usurer by repentance, and grace to "break off his sins by righteousness, and his iniquity by showing mercy to the poor," as Zaccheus, Matthew, and those usurious Jews did. Neh 5:10-11