Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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Gill's Exposition
Fret not thyself because of evil men,.... Because of their outward prosperity and worldly happiness, any more than rejoice at their adversity; neither do the one nor the other; where the one prevails,…
Barnes' Notes
See the margin. The meaning is “Thy joy will be suicidal, the wrath of the righteous Judge will be turned upon thee, as the greater offender, and thou wilt have to bear a worse evil than that which…
Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way,…
Cambridge Bible
from him Some commentators would add, "upon thee"; "et irascatur contra te," Münster. It is better to leave the proverb as it stands, and to supplement its teaching by such proverbs as Pro 24:29; Pro…