A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A man shall not be established by wickedness. Though for a time here on earth he may, by fraud or by force, obtain and retain prosperity, yet it shall not be for long. Not only shall he "not be established," but he shall be utterly "rooted" out: as the antithesis to the parallel clause implies.
But the root of the righteous shall not be moved - by any shock whatever (Proverbs 10:25); as "trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord" (Isaiah 61:3). They are "rooted" in the Lord by faith and love (Isaiah 27:6; Jeremiah 17:8; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 2:7).