When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever - i:e., their flourishing is only 'that they may be destroyed forever.' The deliverance of the godly is involved in the extermination of the wicked. The wicked "spring" up quickly, and 'flourish as the grass,' and are as speedily withered. On the contrary, "the righteous flourish like the palm tree," or "like a cedar in Lebanon" (Psalms 92:12). Being "planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God" (Psalms 92:13).
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