“Errant qui operantur malum ; misericordia et veritas præparant bona.”
“Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.”
“Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.”
“Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.”
“Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.”
Truth. Those who are kind and faithful. (Haydock) (Chap. iii. 3.) — Septuagint add, (Calmet) as a second version, (Grabe) “the workers of evils understand not mercy and truth: but kind and faithful actions are with those who do good.”
Note, 1. Sin is the ruin of great families: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be overthrown, shall be brought to poverty and disgrace, and at length be extinct. His hope for heaven, the house on which he leans, shall not stand, but fail in the storm; the deluge that comes will sweep it away. 2. Righteousness is the rise and stability even of mean families: Even the tabernacle of the upright, though movable and despicable as a tent, shall flourish, in outward prosperity if Infinite Wisdom see good, at all events in graces and comfort, which are true riches and honours.