1 Samuel 2:9

It is Jehovah who guards His chosen ones from stumbling in their walk through life (Psalms 56:13; Psalms 91:12); It is He who leaves the wicked to languish in adversity (Job 5:14) or perish miserably (Psalms 31:17; Psalms 55:23); for apart from Him or in opposition to Him human strength is impotence (Zechariah 4:6).

his saints Rather, His beloved, or, His chosen. The Heb. word means (a) one who is the object of mercy, and does not in itself imply holiness of character, but is used of Israel as the covenant people, the objects of Jehovah's lovingkindness: (b) in an active sense, merciful, of God (Jeremiah 3:12): of men (2 Samuel 22:26).

shall be silent "Shall be silenced," or, "perish."