John Calvin Commentary Psalms 32:10

"Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about." — Psalms 32:10 (ASV)

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. Plainly, he declares here what will be the condition of the rebellious and stiff-necked. He mentioned before that God did not lack bridles and bits with which to restrain their stubbornness; and now he adds, that there would be no end or measure of their miseries until they were utterly consumed.

Although God, therefore, may spare us for a time, let this denunciation nevertheless fill us with fear and preserve us from hardening ourselves because we are not yet punished; nor let our prosperity, which is cursed by God, deceive us into closing our minds to reflecting on those unseen sorrows which he threatens against all the wicked.

And as the Psalmist has told us, on the one hand, that God is armed with innumerable plagues against the wicked, so he adds, on the other hand, that he is furnished with infinite goodness, with which he can aid all who are his. The sum is that there is no other remedy for our afflictions but to humble ourselves under God’s hand and to found our salvation on his mercy alone; and that those who rely on God will be blessed in all respects, because, on whatever side Satan may assault them, the Lord will oppose him there and shield them with his protecting power.