Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
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Gill's Exposition
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,.... Who will not be instructed and reformed, but are like the horse and mule, without understanding; many outward sorrows or afflictions attend them; loathsome and…
Barnes' Notes
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked - The meaning here is, probably, that those who will not submit themselves to God in the manner which the psalmist recommends; who are like the horse and the mule,…
David is here improving the experience he had had of the comfort of pardoning mercy.
I. He speaks to God, and professes his confidence in him and expectation from him, Psa 32:7. Having tasted the…
Cambridge Bible
The warning given in the preceding verse is confirmed by the contrast between the lot of the ungodly and the faithful.
many sorrows Calamities and chastisements. The LXX has μάστιγες, scourges. Cp.…
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