Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hosea 14:9

"Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein." — Hosea 14:9 (ASV)

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right,—

Did your murmuring spirit say that they were not right? Because you have had some sore trial, did your repining spirit say that they were not right? They are certainly right, and you will see that it is so one day: The ways of the Lord are right,—

And the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Even in God's good ways, transgressors cannot stand; they fall even when they try to praise God, or to pray to him. And this is a sad proof of man's deep depravity, that even when he is engaged in the worship of God, what is in itself good becomes reprehensible to God because of the sin that is certain to be mingled with it.