Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Ver. 13. Happy is the man.] Though afflicted, if with it instructed, si vexatio det intellectum. Bought wit is ever best prized. "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and thereby teachest him out of thy law." Psa 94:12 Schola crucis, schola lucis. God's house of correction is his school of instruction. See my "Love Tokens," p. 145,146, &c.
And the man that getteth understanding.] Heb., That draweth out understanding, viz., de thesauro suo, "out of the good treasure of his heart," Mat 13:52 as that good scribe instructed to the kingdom of heaven. The Chaldee hath it, iabiang, scaturire facit, that hath so profited in spiritual understanding, that he can readily bring it forth to the benefit of others.