The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot - (cf. Proverbs 10:6, note; Psalms 112:6.) 'Whosoever.' says Rabbi Isaac, 'makes mention of the just, and does not bless him; or of the wicked, and does not curse him, transgresses the affirmative precept here.' The Hebrews use this formula concerning their dead. The name, i:e., the memory, of the wicked shall be treated as a rotten and loathsome thing (Psalms 9:5-6; Ecclesiastes 8:10).