Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. A brutish man knoweth not ] r[b ¨ya ish baar, the human hog-the stupid bear-the boor; the man who is all flesh; in whom spirit or intellect neither seems to work nor exist. The brutish man, who never attempts to see God in his works.
Neither doth a fool understand this. ] lysk kesil, the fool, is different from r[b baar, the brutish man; the latter has mind, but it is buried in flesh; the former has no mind, and his stupidity is unavoidable.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-15 - God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet the flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation an grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by the Holy Spirit, we may behold and share the Redeemer's glory. It is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that believers receive all the virtue that keeps the alive, and makes them fruitful. Other trees, when old, leave of bearing, but in God's trees the strength of grace does not fail with the strength of nature. The last days of the saints are sometimes their best days, and their last work their best work: perseverance is sure evidence of sincerity. And may every sabbath, while it shows forth the Divine faithfulness, find our souls resting more and more upon the Lor our righteousness _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew אישׁ376 בער1198 לא3808 ידע3045 וכסיל3684 לא3808 יבין995 את853 זאת׃2063
