For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
For the arms ... be broken. The wicked man's arm, the instrument of executing his schemes, when once broken, can neither injure the godly nor save himself (Psalms 10:15). This is why (Psalms 37:16) the "little" property of one "righteous man" "is better than the riches of many wicked." Not that the wicked, while possessing riches, are always inwardly unhappy; but to the eye of faith the utter wreck of their fortune is near: their past prosperity will only intensify their everlasting misery.
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