The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Righteous. Many are deterred from wickedness by the punishment of malefactors, whose injuries are frequently irreparable. God abandoned Pharao and Aman to save his people. He treated them as victims of wrath, Isaias xliii. 3.