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EXPOSITION.
We have now come to the second head of the Psalm. In this
verse the contrast of the ill estate of the wicked is employed to
heighten the colouring of that fair and pleasant picture which
precedes it. The more forcible translation of the Vulgate and of
the Septuagint version is--"_Not so the ungodly, not so_." And we
are hereby to understand that whatever good thing is said of the
righteous is not true in the case of the ungodly. Oh! how
terrible is it to have a double negative put upon the promises!
and yet this is just the condition of the ungodly. Mark the use
of the term "_ungodly_," for, as we have seen in the opening of
the Psalm, these are the beginners in evil, and are the least
offensive of sinners. Oh! if such is the sad state of those who
quietly continue in their morality, and neglect their God, what
must be the condition of open sinners and shameless infidels? The
first sentence is a negative description of the ungodly, and the
second is the positive picture. Here is their _character_--"_they
are like chaff_," intrinsically worthless, dead, unserviceable,
without substance, and easily carried away. Here, also, mark
their _doom_--"_the wind driveth away_;" death shall hurry them
with its terrible blast into the fire in which they shall be
utterly consumed.
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS
Verse 4. "_Chaff_." Here by the way, we may let the
wicked know they have a thanks to give they little think of; that
they may thank the godly for all the good days they live upon the
earth, seeing it is for their sakes and not for their own that
they enjoy them. For as the chaff while it is united and keeps
close to the wheat, enjoys some privileges for the wheat's sake,
and is laid up carefully in the barn; but as soon as it is
divided, and parted from the wheat, it is cast out and scattered
by the wind; so the wicked, whilst the godly are in company and
live amongst them, partake for their sake of some blessedness
promised to the godly; but if the godly forsake them or be taken
from them, then either a deluge of water comes suddenly upon
them, as it did upon the old world when Noah left it; or a deluge
of fire, as it did upon Sodom, when Lot left it, and went out of
the city.--^Sir Richard Baker.
Verse 4.--"_Driveth away_," or tosseth away; the Chaldee
translateth for "wind," "whirlwind."--^Henry Ainsworth, 1639.
This shows the vehement tempest of death, which sweeps
away the soul of the ungodly.
HINTS TO PREACHERS.
Verses 3, 4.--See No. 280 of "Spurgeon's Sermons."--"The
Chaff Driven Away."
Sin puts a negative on every blessing.