Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. Deviseth mischiefs ] Lies and slanders proceeding from the tongue argue the desperate wickedness of the heart.
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ] Which instead of taking off the beard, cuts and wounds the flesh; or as the operator who, when pretending to trim the beard, cuts the throat.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - Those that glory in sin, glory in their shame. The patience an forbearance of God are abused by sinners, to the hardening of their hearts in their wicked ways. But the enemies in vain boast in their mischief, while we have God's mercy to trust in. It will not save u from the guilt of lying, to be able to say, there was some truth i what we said, if we make it appear otherwise than it was. The mor there is of craft and contrivance in any wickedness, the more there is of Satan in it. When good men die, they are transplanted from the lan of the living on earth, to heaven, the garden of the Lord, where the shall take root for ever; but when wicked men die, they are rooted out to perish for ever. The believer sees that God will destroy those wh make not him their strength.
Original Hebrew הוות1942 תחשׁב2803 לשׁונך3956 כתער8593 מלטשׁ3913 עשׂה6213 רמיה׃7423
