For the rod of the wicked—Margin, as in Hebrew, “wickedness.” The word “rod”—the staff, the scepter, the instrument of inflicting p…

Rod. —The imagery of this unusually long verse is peculiar. The “rod of the wicked,” or “of wickedness,” is the heathen sceptr…

Those who trust in the LORD will be like Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides forever. As the mountains are around Jerusalem, so the…

For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just. This is, so to speak, a correction of the preceding sentence. The P…

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous

All those minds that are fixed on God will be truly steadfast. They will be like Mount Zion, as firm as it is—a mountain supported by providence, a…