John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them , etc.] From death, as in ( Proverbs 11:4); and from falling by sin, totally and finally; or into it, so as to perish eternally; as well as it shall deliver those out of Babylon, who are the Lord’s people, that will be found therein when that is about to fall; (see Revelation 18:4); but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness ; in the very act of sin, and be punished for it; taken in it as in a net, and which they have spread for others, or as in a pit, which they have dug for others; taken as wild beasts are taken, to be destroyed; and that in the very midst of their wickedness, when fighting against God and the Lamb, as the beast and false prophet will, ( Revelation 19:20).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5, 6 - The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its ow punishment.
Original Hebrew צדקת6666 ישׁרים3477 תצילם5337 ובהות1942 בגדים898 ילכדו׃3920
