_That the triumphing of the wicked is short._ THE TRIUMPH OF THE WICKED The words of the text are indisputably true, though misapplied. In the world there is, alas! very often a triumphing of the wicked. Sometimes We see it on a grand scale, as in the cases of Pharaoh, or of Nero. Sometimes we see... [ Continue Reading ]
_He shall fly away as a dream._ THE DREAM OF LIFE Job, in the text, speaks of life as a “dream,” a mere passing phantom of the brain. I. A dream implies a dormancy in certain faculties of our nature. The flitting visions of the brain at night always imply the slumbering state of certain powers of... [ Continue Reading ]
_His bones are full Of the sin of his youth._ THE SINS OF YOUTH I. The state or condition of a wicked man. “His bones are full of the sin of his youth.” 1. The sin. “Youthful pranks.” By youthful sins we may understand either kinds of sin, or the time of sin. Corrupt nature, though it cleave to a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth._ THE WOE OF THE WICKED I. The disposition of a wicked man in regard to sin. 1. His complacency in it. “It is sweet to his mouth.” A metaphor taken from natural food, which is pleasing and delightful to the taste, which is seated in the mouth or palate. So... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because he hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poor._ SOCIAL WICKEDNESS What is it that excites all this Divine antagonism and judgment? Was the object of it a theological heretic? Was the man pronounced wicked because he had imbibed certain wrong notions? Was this a case of heterodoxy of creed... [ Continue Reading ]