16. riches—literally, "noise and tumult," as incidental to much wealth (compare Ps 39:6). Thus the contrast with the "little" of one man is more vivid.

     17. Even the members of the body needed to hold weapons are destroyed.

     18, 19. God, who knows His people's changes, provides against evil and supplies all their need.

     20. While the wicked, however mighty, are destroyed, and that utterly, as smoke which vanishes and leaves no trace.