Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
The conclusion. The sorrows awaiting the wicked, and the joy awaiting the righteous.
Many sorrows (shall be) to the wicked. "The wicked" here are not only the open transgressors, but all the unbelieving, as contrasted with
He ... trusteth - i:e., the habitually believing.
Verse 11. Be glad ... righteous - not absolutely "righteous," for Psalms 32:1-2; Psalms 32:5-6 make it characteristic of them, not that they have no 'transgression, sin, and iniquity,' but that 'the Lord doth not impute sin to them,' upon their sincere confession and repentance, and that they 'pray unto the Lord while He may be found.'
Shout ... - answering to "songs of (literally, shouts of joy, because of) deliverance" (Psalms 32:7).