That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Ver. 21. To inherit substance.] Heb., That which is; that which hath some tack or substance in it, some firmity, or solid consistency. "Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?" Outward things are not, but only in opinion, in imagination; in semblance, not in substance. The pomp of this world is but a fancy, Act 25:23 the glory of it a conceit, Mat 4:8 the whole fashion of it a mere notion. 1Co 7:31 Riches get them great eagles' "wings, they fly away," Pro 23:5 without once taking leave of the owner, leaving nothing but the print of their talons in his heart to torment him. When we grasp them most greedily, we embrace nothing but smoke, which wrings tears from our eyes, and vanisheth into nothing. Only true grace is "durable substance"; the "things above" outlast the days of heaven, and run parallel with the life of God, and line of eternity.