Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Samuel 2:9

"He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail." — 1 Samuel 2:9 (ASV)

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;

What a dreadful picture that is of the doom of the wicked, "Silent in darkness." We read of the one, in the parable of our Lord, who did not have on the wedding garment, that he was speechless; and, finally, the wicked will have nothing to say, nothing with which to excuse themselves, nothing with which to comfort themselves, and all around them will be: "Darkness, death, and long despair."

Vanquished in their fight with God, conquered forever, "the wicked shall be silent in darkness." I hardly know of a more dreadful picture than that of a spirit sitting amid the clammy damps of the thick darkness of desolation, forever silent.