But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
But to them that rebuke (him) (the wicked) shall be delight, and a good blessing (Hebrew, a blessing of But to them that rebuke (him) (the wicked) shall be delight, and a good blessing (Hebrew, a blessing of good; a prayer for their prosperity; in contrast to the "curse" of "the people," Proverbs 24:24 ) shall come upon them. Righteous judges, and others in authority of any kind, who check the bad, have the internal "delight" of their own approving conscience, as also the blessing from without of the public approval. Gejer translates, 'the blessing of (every) good' man, in antithesis to the "curse" of "the people" in general (cf. Job 29:13).