Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Ver. 19. Many are the troubles, &c.] Dei sunt nuntii, these are God's messengers, saith Kimchi, and they seldom come single. See James 1:2. See Trapp on " Jam 1:2 " Sent they are also to the wicked, Psalms 32:10, but on another errand, and for another end. The righteous, per augusta ad augustum, per spinas ad rosas, per motum ad quietem, per procellas ad portum, per crucem ad caelum contendunt, through many tribulations they enter into God's kingdom. Not so the wicked; their crosses are but a typical hell.
But the Lord delivereth him out of them all] No country hath more venomous creatures, none more antidotes, than Egypt; so godliness hath many troubles, and as many helps against trouble.