He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings they are on the throne; yea, he does establish them forever, and they are exalted.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Just. Hebrew, Syriac, "the just man, he will place him with kings on the throne. "(Calmet)
Exalted, or "extolled "for ever, if they have done well. (Worthington)
He always disposes of kingdoms. (Menochius)
“God does not reject the mighty, though he himself is mighty.” … Great is that temporal power that, from being well administered, has its special reward from God, and yet sometimes, from being preeminent over others, it swells with pride of thought. All things for its use are at its service, while its commands are speedily fulfilled according to its wish and while all its subjects praise its good deeds. If there are any who do not oppose its evil doings with any authority, then they too will commonly praise them, even that which they ought to blame. The mind, being led astray by those things that are beneath it, is raised above itself, and while it is encircled with unbounded applause outside, it is bereft of truth inside.… “But he does not save the wicked and gives judgment to the poor.” Holy Scripture is frequently prone to call the humble, “poor.” Hence they are mentioned in the Gospel with the addition “spirit” when it is said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kin...
52. For God is perhaps believed to have withdrawn His eyes from the righteous, because they are here wounded by the injustice of the unrighteous, and are unavenged. But He then more regards His servants, when the iniquity of their persecutor unjustly afflicts them. For, beholding what they here humbly endure, He doubtless even now looks forward to the recompense He is there mercifully to bestow on them. He does not therefore withdraw His eyes from the righteous. Behold how the one groans in his humility; the other is proud, and flourishes in his wickedness. The one bruises his heart, the other is exalted with pride at his iniquity. Which then of these is far withdrawn from the sight of God, the one who has suffered injustice, or the one who has inflicted it on the sufferers? The one, who has kept hold of Divine grace, amid the gloom of sorrow, or he who, amidst external pleasure, has lost the light of righteousness within?
53. But holy men are properly termed ‘kings,’ in the language ...
