17. To the second of these parallel clauses, there is an accession of meaning, that is, that a brother's love is specially seen in adversity.

     24. A man . . . friendly—better, "A man . . . (is) to, or, may triumph (Ps 108:9), or, shout for joy (Ps 5:11), that is, may congratulate himself." Indeed, there is a Friend who is better than a brother; such is the "Friend of sinners" [Mt 11:19; Lu 7:34], who may have been before the writer's mind.