Though it be given him to be in safety, he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
God. Septuagint, "Being sick, let him not expect to be healed, but he shall fall under sickness. "Hebrew, "Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet his eyes are upon their ways "(Protestants) or "he has given (Haydock) himself, or appointed them (guards) for his defence, and rests on them; yet his eyes "He suspects the fidelity of his servants. (Calmet)
Pride. Man abuseth by his free-will the time which God had allowed him to repent for former sins, Romans ii. (Worthington)
8. Whosoever commits sin and lives, such a person Divine Appointment for this reason bears with in iniquity, that it may withhold him from iniquity. But he that is borne with for a longer time, and yet is not withholden from iniquity, is vouchsafed indeed the benefit of the patience Above, yet with the chains of his guilt is by that very benefit binding himself the tighter. For because the times of repentance vouchsafed he diverts to sin, the strict Judge in the end converts the instances of mercy bestowed into punishment. Hence it is said by Paul; Or knowest thou not that the longsuffering of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. [Rom. 2, 4.5.] Hence Isaiah saith, For the child shall die an hundred years old, but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. [Is. 65, 20] As though he deterred us in plain words, saying, ‘The ...
