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EXPOSITION.
Or, as the Hebrew hath it yet more fully, "The Lord is
_knowing_ the way of the righteous." He is constantly looking on
their way, and though it may be often in mist and darkness, yet
the Lord knoweth it. If it be in the clouds and tempest of
affliction, he understandeth it. He numbereth the hairs of our
head; he will not suffer any evil to befall us. "He knoweth the
way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as
gold." (#Job 23:10|) "_But the way of the ungodly shall perish_."
Not only shall _they_ perish themselves, but _their way_ shall
perish too. The righteous carves his name upon the rock, but the
wicked writes his remembrance in the sand. The righteous man
ploughs the furrows of earth, and sows a harvest here, which
shall never be fully reaped till he enters the enjoyments of
eternity; but as for the wicked, he ploughs the sea, and though
there may seem to be a shining trail behind his keel, yet the
waves shall pass over it, and the place that knew him shall know
him no more for ever. The very "way" of the ungodly shall perish.
If it exist in remembrance, it shall be in the remembrance of the
bad; for the Lord will cause the name of the wicked to rot, to
become a stench in the nostrils of the good, and to be only known
to the wicked themselves by its putridity.
May the Lord cleanse our hearts and our ways, that we may
escape the doom of the ungodly, and enjoy the blessedness of the
righteous!
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS
Verse 6.--"_For the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish_." Behold how
David here terrifies us away from all prosperous appearances, and
commends to us various temptations and adversities. For this
"way" of the righteous all men utterly reprobate; thinking also,
that God knoweth nothing about any such way. But this is the
wisdom of the cross. Therefore, it is God alone that knoweth the
way of the righteous, so hidden is to it the righteous
themselves. For his right hand leads them on in a wonderful
manner, seeing that it is a way, not of sense, nor of reason, but
of faith only; even of that faith that sees in darkness, and
beholds things that are invisible.--^Martin Luther.
Verse 6.--"_The righteous_." They that endeavour
righteous living in themselves and have Christ's righteousness
imputed to them.--^Thomas Wilcocks, 1586.
HINTS TO PREACHERS.
Verse 6 (first sentence).--A sweet encouragement to the
tried people of God. The knowledge here meant. 1. _Its
character_.--It is a knowledge of observation and approbation. 2.
_Its source_.--It is caused by omniscience and infinite love. 3.
_Its results_.--Support, deliverance, acceptance, and glory at
last.
Verse 6 (last clause).--His way of pleasure, of pride, of
unbelief, of profanity, of persecution, of procrastinating, of
self-deception, etc.; all these shall come to an end.