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Don`t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don`t destroy his resting-place:
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A Warning Against Plotting Evil
Commentators explain this verse as a direct command to the wicked not to conspire against the righteous. This plotting can include watching their home to find fault, planning physical harm, or seeking to plunder their possessions. As one scholar notes, this is like a wolf attacking a harmless sheep, highlighting the injustice of such actions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The teaching of the proverb warns people not to attack or plot against the righteous. They will lose their labor: Though the just man falls (no…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of therighteous The church of God,…
The sincere soul falls as a traveler may, by stumbling over some stone in his path, but gets up and goes on his way with more care and speed. This …
