Casteth away ... - Better, “overturns, disappoints the strong desire of the wicked.” Tantalus-like, they never get the enjoyment they thirst…

The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish. — Compare to David’s experience (Psalms 37:25), and the g…

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish ,
&c.] Or to perish by famine: not but that good men ma…

God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.