Verse 27
He that diligently seeketh good ,.... Or "early"; who rises early in the morning, as the word F5 שחר "qui mane quaerit", Vatablus; "quarens mane", Montanus; "qui mane vestigat", Schultens; "bene consurgit diluculo", V. L. so the Targum and Ben Melech. signifies, and seeks both to do good, and to enjoy it all the day; who, in the first place, seeks the kingdom of God and his righteousness; who, in the morning of his youth, inquires after the best things; and diligently pursues what is for his own good and welfare, and that of others, and for the glory of God:
procureth favour , both of God and men: or, "seeketh favour" F6 יבקש רצון "quaerit favorem, beneplacitum", Vatablus, Michaelis; "benevolentiam", Junius & Tremellius, Mercerus, Gejerus. ; or that which is acceptable and well-pleasing unto God;
but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him ; that seeks to do hurt to others; that which he seeks to do to them shall come upon himself; see Psalm 9:15 ; so antichrist, that leads into captivity, shall go into captivity; and that kills with the sword, shall be killed by it, Revelation 13:10 .
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