The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord trieth the righteous,.... As gold is tried in the fire, by afflictive providences; hereby he tries their graces, their faith, and patience, their hope, and love, and fear; and, by so doing,…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord trieth the righteous - That is, he “proves” them, searches them, tests the reality of their piety. His dealings with them are such as to test the genuineness of their religion, and are…
The shaking of a tree (they say) makes it take the deeper and faster root. The attempt of David's enemies to discourage his confidence in God engages him to cleave so much the more closely to his…
Cambridge Bible
Each half of the verse is to be completed from the other. God proves and approves the righteous: He proves and rejects the wicked.
trieth Allowethin P.B.V. means -approveth after trial." Cp. Rom…
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