Psa 18:41, Pro 1:28, Isa 1:15, Mic 3:4 | JFB | STEP | 37-41. In actual conflict, with God's aid, the defeat of his enemies is certain. A present and continued success is expressed.

‏ Psalms 18:41

37-41. In actual conflict, with God's aid, the defeat of his enemies is certain. A present and continued success is expressed.

‏ Proverbs 1:28

20-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1).

Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural used either because of the unusual sense, or as indicative of the great excellency of wisdom (compare Pr 9:1).

streets--or most public places, not secretly.

‏ Isaiah 1:15

15. (Psa 66:18; Pr 28:9; La 3:43, 44).

spread ... hands--in prayer (1Ki 8:22). Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of God's servants especially (Mt 23:35). It was the vocation of the prophets to dispel the delusion, so contrary to the law itself (De 10:16), that outward ritualism would satisfy God.

‏ Micah 3:4

4. Then--at the time of judgment, which Micah takes for granted, so certain is it (compare Mi 2:3).

they cry ... but he will not hear--just as those oppressed by them had formerly cried, and they would not hear. Their prayer shall be rejected, because it is the mere cry of nature for deliverance from pain, not that of repentance for deliverance from sin.

ill in their doings--Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well.