The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The desire of the righteous is only good. Their chief object of desire is God and His favour. They do not desire things unlawful. So the issue of their desire is good. They obtain their wishes.

But the expectation of the wicked is wrath - i:e., so far from issuing in the good which they hoped for, it issue in the eternal "wrath" and vengeance of God. They "desire" and devise only such things as displease God-the event therefore can only be "wrath;" whereas "the desire of the righteous," being for "good," issues in "good" to themselves.

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