As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Ver. 15. As for me] I neither envy nor covet these men's happiness, but partly have and partly hope for a far better.
I will behold thy face in righteousness] Which none can do but the pure in heart, Matthew 5:8, and those that keep close to God in a constant communion, being justified and sanctified persons.
I shall be satisfied] Better than those muckworms and their children are.
When I awake] sc. Out of the dust of death, at the resurrection.
With thy likeness] With the visible sign of thy glory in heaven, 1 John 3:2 .