When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth. The more there are of the wicked, the bolder in transgression they are, by reason of their mutual example and solicitations to sin. What is done by most men, however bad, is regarded as sanctioned by the numbers.
But the righteous (need not be disheartened by the flourishing prevalence of wickedness, for they) "shall see their fall" (Psalms 58:10; Psalms 59:10).